Action Quote by Michael Ondaatje

“Forget all those prescriptive ideas about "the novel" and "literature" and set down your feelings and thoughts as they come to you, freely, in…

— Haruki Murakami

A novel means a new way of doing a story

— Romesh Gunesekera

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk

I'm writing another novel and I know what I'm going to do after, which may be something more like this again, maybe some strange…

— Penelope Lively

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

— Monica Ali

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

— Joyce Cary

“What's remarkable about fiction is that it places you in the unusual position of having no trajectory. You stand aside, motives abandoned for the…

— Tom Rachman

Character drives the story, and the story drives the book. I don't think about where the action should go, or how much there should…

— Nick Petrie

A book becomes something else once it's dramatized.

— Geraldine McEwan

“When I sit down with a novel in my hand I want to enjoy the experience. That means having fun. Too many books take…

— Clayton J. Callahan

A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play;

— Charlotte Bronte