All kinds Quote by Lynne Tillman

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

— Peter Heller

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp

Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do…

— Dani Shapiro

I suspect there are two kinds of novelists. Those who have a point of view and have something to say and then write a…

— Neil Gaiman

I am a novelist at heart.

— Vera Nazarian

I would prefer to write about everything; what else is there? But one must be selective.

— Edward Abbey

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

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

— James Salter

I really do believe some people are naturally novelists and some people are short story writers. For me, when I was in middle school…

— M. K. Hobson

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

— Mohsin Hamid

When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me.

— Ruth Ozeki