Aspect Quote by Nicholas Sparks

Any setting can be a good setting for a novel.

— Chris Pavone

Setting is my primary joy as a writer, building a world and watching people respond to it.

— Nicola Griffith

When I'm writing a book, generally I start with the mood and setting, along with a couple of specific images—things that have come into…

— China Mieville

I'm always interested in the way people speak and move in their environment, in a very particular environment. I'm never interested in writing a…

— Zadie Smith

I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but…

— John Green

From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the…

— Garry Disher

I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.

— Elizabeth George

About writing I learned that always, always, always it's necessary to haunt your settings. I'm a big researcher. All my fiction is based on…

— Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else…

— Colson Whitehead

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in…

— Norman Spinrad

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's…

— Lauren Oliver

As a writer, you want to go somewhere else sometimes. You want to vary the terrain that you're exploring.

— Heidi Julavits