Book Quote by Rachel Kushner

I know that in some ways I operate from a kind of antiquated interest in imagery, while many contemporary poets are not so interested…

— Martha Ronk

Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image.

— Norman Lock

I don't really need to be inspired by literature though. At the end of the day it's colour and imagery moved around until it…

— Danny Fox

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

— Danielle Steel

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

— Daniel Craig

A novel usually begins, in my experience, with a thought or image that won't leave me alone.

— John Lanchester

One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been imagining what…

— Martin Filler

I don't feel that I decided deliberately I'm going to write something and have it stand alone. Somewhere by the end I think it…

— Raymond Pettibon

An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.

— Will Hobbs

I would categorize my books as literature, and I hope that is how they would be consumed. The books do not rely on the…

— Jill Magid

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

Even though novels were the love of my life, I started off writing poetry. I think because I had a knack for image and…

— Melissa Febos