Accident Quote by Kaye Gibbons

The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision — plus it's a lot of fun to read.

— Myla Goldberg

Occasionally a student writer comes up with something really beautiful and moving, and you won't know for years if it was an accident or…

— Howard Nemerov

“I have no idea whether beginning with my accident was the best decision, as I've never written a book before. Truth be told, I…

— Andrew Davidson

It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and…

— Julianna Baggott

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende

As a novelist, I'm endlessly fascinated by human behavior and interactions.

— Juliet Marillier

Life can be unsettling. Writers have always gravitated to conflict, unhappiness and disturbing themes. We as readers would get bored pretty quickly if stories…

— Clarence Major

Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened -…

— Helen Garner

Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while,…

— Emma Donoghue

The speed of the TV stuff vs. the self-imposed pace of novel writing has been a big adjustment, and going back and forth often…

— Megan Abbott

The novelist helps us to see things we might not notice otherwise.

— Madeleine L'Engle