Books Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“In fact, while we read a novel, we are insane – bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren’t there, we hear…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“This weight of verifiable place-event-phenomenon-behavior makes the reader forget that he is reading a pure invention, a history that never took place anywhere but…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

While we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren't there, we hear their voices... Sanity returns…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the…

— Azar Nafisi

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great…

— Virginia Woolf

The light is the left hand of darkness

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I don’t think ‘science fiction’ is a very good name for it, but it’s the name that we’ve got. It is different from other…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Sci-fi uses the images that sf - starting with H.G. Wells - made familiar: space travel, aliens, galactic wars and federations, time machines, et…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi novel before…

— Samantha Shannon

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

— Benjamin Disraeli

One of my favorite things is to first read a novel and then see the movie. I enjoy picturing the characters and then later,…

— Camille Perri

“When you read a novel, it seems that everything is clear, trite and understandable. But when you yourself fall in love, you understand that…

— Sarah Ruhl