Books Quote by Tom Robbins

Transformation, liberation and celebration are the themes of all my novels.

— Tom Robbins

The novel form is about the protagonist's struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books.

— Elif Batuman

“The writing in itself is transformative for me.”

— H Raven Rose

“He read with intensity and was passionately in love with every character, every turn of plot or twist of language. He made the characters…

— Sarah Ockler

“novels have the power to transport you into another existence, and see the world from a different point of view.”

— Ella Berthoud

“Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it…

— Nora Roberts

“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not…

— Victoria Connelly

“The writer ultimately tires of the subject's self-serving story, and substitutes a story of his own.”

— Janet Malcolm

“One great pleasure of being a writer is possessing the power to determine the fate of my characters and how the story will end.”

— Terry a O'Neal

“Writing is an escape and a passion.”

— Anna Glazebrook

“A novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.”

— Katherine Paterson

“I started out hoping to remind people at some point in the novel that we should be loving and kind. But then the theme…

— Patricia Hickman