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Novelist Quotes

As an historical novelist – there are few jobs more retrospective Picture Quote #1

Freud was just a novelist Picture Quote #1

As a novelist, I’m endlessly fascinated by human behavior and interactions Picture Quote #1

You become a serious novelist by living long enough Picture Quote #1

Every novelist should write something for children at least once in his lifetime Picture Quote #1

The real novelist, the perfectly simple human being, could go on, indefinitely imaging Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a biographer, I’m a novelist Picture Quote #1

He was interviewed in the early 60s by a young novelist, pati Hill Picture Quote #1

The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist Picture Quote #1

I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist Picture Quote #1

I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about Picture Quote #1

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero Picture Quote #1

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Morality in the novel is the trembling instability of the balance. When the novelist puts his thumb in the scale, to pull down the balance to his own predilection, that is immorality Picture Quote #1

After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists Picture Quote #1

Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I don't like it, or I suspect it is better than my novels and I don't like it Picture Quote #1

Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest Picture Quote #1

Nicholas Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same sense that I am a better novelist than William Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is Picture Quote #1

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The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead Picture Quote #1

A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past Picture Quote #1

Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places Picture Quote #1

I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life technology and science Picture Quote #1

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for Picture Quote #1

Hank, before I move forward with this discussion, I should acknowledge that as a child I was an inveterate liar... As opposed to now, when I am a novelist Picture Quote #1

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There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed Picture Quote #1

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country Picture Quote #1

I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you're a better actor at the end of it Picture Quote #1

By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality Picture Quote #1

That’s what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight Picture Quote #1

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don’t get to quit your day job Picture Quote #1

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As an historical novelist – there are few jobs more retrospective (Novelist Quotes) Freud was just a novelist (Novelist Quotes) As a novelist, I’m endlessly fascinated by human behavior and interactions (Novelist Quotes) You become a serious novelist by living long enough (Novelist Quotes) Every novelist should write something for children at least once in his lifetime (Novelist Quotes) The real novelist, the perfectly simple human being, could go on, indefinitely imaging (Novelist Quotes) I’m not a biographer, I’m a novelist (Novelist Quotes) He was interviewed in the early 60s by a young novelist, pati Hill (Novelist Quotes) The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist (Novelist Quotes) I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist (Novelist Quotes) I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about (Novelist Quotes) The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero (Novelist Quotes) Morality in the novel is the trembling instability of the balance. When the novelist puts his thumb in the scale, to pull down the balance to his own predilection, that is immorality (Novelist Quotes) After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists (Novelist Quotes) Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I don't like it, or I suspect it is better than my novels and I don't like it (Novelist Quotes) Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest (Novelist Quotes) Nicholas Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same sense that I am a better novelist than William Shakespeare (Novelist Quotes) People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is (Novelist Quotes) The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead (Novelist Quotes) A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past (Novelist Quotes) Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places (Novelist Quotes) I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life technology and science (Novelist Quotes) I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for (Novelist Quotes) Hank, before I move forward with this discussion, I should acknowledge that as a child I was an inveterate liar... As opposed to now, when I am a novelist (Novelist Quotes) There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed (Novelist Quotes) I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country (Novelist Quotes) I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you're a better actor at the end of it (Novelist Quotes) By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality (Novelist Quotes) That’s what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight (Novelist Quotes) Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don’t get to quit your day job (Novelist Quotes)

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