Books Quote by Stephen King

If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.

— Tom Robbins

Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.

— Siri Hustvedt

I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters.

— Cassandra Clare

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing

— Anne Tyler

All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.

— Graham Greene

Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal.

— Dave Eggers

I don't remember ever having finished a book.

— Bridget Hall

All good novelists have bad memories.

— Graham Greene

I have resolved to pick one novel and just read it over and over again for the rest of my life, because I cannot…

— Hugh Laurie

As a kid I was enamored with fiction, most of it utterly forgettable and long forgotten.

— Andrew Bacevich

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

— Junot Diaz

Writing a novel is a lot like reading one.

— Katherine Center