Books Quote by Peter David

I'm a very old-fashioned novelist. I write 19th-century novels, where a lot of rules apply.

— John Irving

Do you write novels?" I said. "Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.

— Pam Houston

“Every novel is brand-new. It’s never been written before in the history of the world. At the same time, it’s merely the latest in…

— Thomas C. Foster

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and…

— Charlaine Harris

Everyone said, 'Well, you're very old for a first novel,' and I said, 'How do you write when you haven't lived? How do you…

— Kate Atkinson

“Most novels, if they are successful at all, are original in the sense that they report the existence of an area of society, a…

— Doris Lessing

“If you are writing and no-one reads it, are you a writer, or you just writing?”

— Matt Drabble

I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.

— Rainbow Rowell

“Good writing is always new.”

— Anonymous

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

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

“My writing style has changed dramatically over the years, growing increasingly clean and exact. I like to think that I'm still improving -- that…

— Barbara Delinsky