Books Quote by Jonathan Coe

I actually started trying to be a professional writer with novels, and I wrote two that exist and are around... kind of. But they…

— Charles Soule

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

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances.…

— Sandra Brown

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

— Maggie Shipstead

I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always different.

— Jesse Ball

I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life…

— P. G. Wodehouse

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I've often thought I would like to try to write a conventional novel, but I just don't know enough about the real world to…

— Jim Woodring

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

I think most novelists I know, certainly including me, feel the novels choose them rather than vice-versa.

— Steve Erickson

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July