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There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.

— Joachim Frank

There's a perception that novels can't usually allow for your kind of absolute attention to detail.

— Zadie Smith

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

— Gish Jen

Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting.

— Charles Stross

The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But…

— Ruth Park

I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're…

— Edward Hirsch

Novels are a safe way to talk about things.

— Jay Asher

“all writers, given adequate technique—technique that communicates—can stir our interest in their special subject matter, since at heart all fiction treats, directly or indirectly,…

— John Gardner

With novels, you're representing things. You're not explaining.

— Emma Healey

Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

— Chris Van Allsburg

It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.

— Greg Kinnear

Novels can change attitudes. Maybe we should speak quietly otherwise politicians will use novels as propaganda.

— Olga Tokarczuk