Books Quote by Nicholson Baker

Writing a novel is like trying to solve a very long mathematical equation. Changing anything can change everything else.

— Carl Sagan

Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With each new…

— Haruki Murakami

I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

— John Irving

A novel is a performance you have to plan.

— John Darnielle

A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their…

— David Frum

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin…

— Mercedes Lackey

Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time.

— Colson Whitehead

Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.

— Chad Harbach

With novels, you're representing things. You're not explaining.

— Emma Healey

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the…

— Jonathan Kellerman

A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow.

— Peter Hedges

The point of what I do is that it doesn't really matter what a book or a story is as long it moves you,…

— James Frey