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A great novel is worth one thousand films.

— Oscar Hijuelos

“One of the sad little secrets of the writing life is that it’s become like the movie business, where a movie has to “open…

— Brian Morton

There are few writers who, if they publish anything, I am going to buy it: Ian McEwan, Scott Turow, Pat Conroy - he was…

— John Grisham

Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.

— Casey Affleck

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

— Russell Lynes

The novel ceases to be looked at as a novel. Such is the overwhelming power of motion pictures. Gore Vidal pointed out that the…

— William Monahan

The book has had a good run. For 550 years, it was the most practical way to deliver writing to multiple readers.

— Jacob Weisberg

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

— Jeanne Calment

It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.

— Guy Gavriel Kay

“When my avocation became my vocation I was set free. Writing, at first, was a hobby that I loved dearly. It turned into a…

— Byron Craft

Although I'm not actually embarrassed by this, I tend not to read books that have awesome movies made from them, regardless of how well…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

— Laurell K. Hamilton