Am Quote by Teju Cole

“Most novels, if they are successful at all, are original in the sense that they report the existence of an area of society, a…

— Doris Lessing

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

— James Thayer

All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and…

— Zadie Smith

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm…

— Lisa Scottoline

When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in the story…

— Jeff Feuerzeig

I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

— Wole Soyinka

I think most novelists I know, certainly including me, feel the novels choose them rather than vice-versa.

— Steve Erickson

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

— Kanye West

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

— Monica Johnson

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.

— Cornelia Funke

I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true.…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is often nothing…

— Neil Cross