Books Quote by Rose Macaulay

When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you've been reading novels for a long time.

— Alejandro Zambra

I read all kinds of novels, as long as they're good.

— Gillian Flynn

I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.

— Donna Tartt

“NOVEL, n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it…

— Ambrose Bierce

White people use their literature to maintain culture. That's why you find references to Milton and Spencer and Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky in contemporary novels.

— Ntozake Shange

“A group of ten prisoners from Dachau, I was with them, we hid in the forest to wait for the Americans. The Germans had…

— Sergio Troncoso

“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

— Kevin Ansbro

Clearly, 9/11 would have to be some of the best work that I've done because I was working without a template, and that was…

— Ashleigh Banfield

Into this pour the purified juice: and put it into a pan of water come almost to a boil and continue nearly in the…

— James Lind

I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew up in…

— Elizabeth Warren

I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some…

— Trudi Canavan

By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.

— Merle Haggard