Books Quote by Stephen King

“I want to write a novel that is so good it causes readers to ignore meals, sleep, work, friends and spouses!!”

— R.E. Fisher

A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go…

— William Golding

Someone should write a book where the main character slowly falls in love with the reader.

— Crystal Roby

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

— Young-Ha Kim

The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the creative experience…

— Alan Lightman

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.

— Thomas Perry

Throat clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments and give…

— Jeffery Deaver

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you…

— Neil Cross

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether…

— Jose Saramago

“A sensible person does not read a novel as a task. He reads it as a diversion. He is prepared to interest himself in…

— W. Somerset Maugham

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk