Aspect Quote by Piers Anthony

Although every novel is derived directly from another novel, there is really only one novel, the Quixote.

— David Berlinski

The novel doesn't come into existence until certain methods of reproducing fiction come along.

— Leslie Fiedler

No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see.

— Martin Amis

I am suspicious of writers who say their work is original and influenced by nobody. If it is, it is probably uninteresting. The biggest…

— Teju Cole

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

— Voltaire

There are very few films that work like a novel.

— Robert Schwentke

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

— Voltaire

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We…

— Voltaire

There are more copies than originals among people.

— Pablo Picasso

My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.

— James Thayer

A novel is a way to rethink and rewrite and re-envision the past, and also a way to speak to people who haven't been…

— Emily Barton

I really feel the novel has certain conveniences about it and has something so fundamental about it you could almost say that as long…

— William Golding