About Quote by John Irving

I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks me -…

— Jodi Picoult

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece…

— James Rollins

“Fiction is a mix of reality, the interpretation of that reality and a lot of "what if".”

— Jim Sellers

Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself…

— Tom Clancy

When I am thickening my plots, I like to think 'What if ... What if ... ' Thus my imagination can move from the…

— Patricia Highsmith

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

— James Herbert

In fact, with each of my novels I have been surprised by something that happens that I had not thought of beforehand.

— Julie Klassen

When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.

— Patricia Briggs

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

The possibility of the impossible, dreams and illusions, are the subject of my novels.

— Jose Saramago

Now you mustn't think that I don't have any ideas for novels in my head. I've got ideas for ten novels in my head.…

— Italo Calvino

In my opinion there are two basic questions that any writer tries to answer. "What is?" is the question non-fiction asks. "What if?" is…

— Patrick Rothfuss