Books Quote by Mo Yan Download Open image “A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.” — Mo Yan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Character Novel Should Writing
An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does not need… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“Characters in novels sometimes radiate more energy, therefore, when we don’t enter their mind. It is one of the techniques a novelist acquires instinctively—don’t… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“When a writer has deep thoughts, I expect him to also have a deep voice. And if he doesn’t, he should remain silent and… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer. — Julien Green Copy Share Image
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
“Writing is a form of intense thinking that takes a person on a journey into previously uncharted territory of the writer’s mind.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
“...no mind ever grew fat on a diet of novels. The pleasure which they occasionally offer is far too heavily paid for: they undermine… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and gentle: black… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
“Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls. — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
I have always been independent. I like it that way. When someone forces me to do something, I don't do it. — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
“A stable, peaceful society is the training ground for humanity, just as caged animals, removed from the violent unpredictability of the wild, are influenced… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
“The cliche that sea dry up and rocks rot away, but the heart never changes is nothing but a beautiful fantasy.” — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
“There are people who walk mules and people walk horses, but I never thought there were people who walk cops.” — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
“run, run, you can’t get away, the monk can run but the temple will never get away!” — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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