19th century Quote by Jennifer Egan

I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

— Ken Follett

I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend…

— Andrew Davies

Serial fiction is a conceit of comic books and soap operas. As one goes, so goes the other in terms of public consciousness.

— Mark Waid

The danger of serialization is that you almost get into a monotone - where they all have the same beat and pace, and it's…

— Ronald D. Moore

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

— Alex Flinn

I read many wonderful novels, though I now find the idea of literary fiction obsolete.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader.

— Alexander McCall Smith

I'm interested in the possibility of fiction which straddles narrative and essay.

— Susan Sontag

I had originally been looking at writing, including fiction.

— Ben Rhodes

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

— Ambrose Bierce

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters;…

— Penelope Lively

I love working with genre. And to me, the Victorian novel is the flourishing ancestor I'm always trying to access when I write.

— Jennifer Egan