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Novelist Quotes

I’m a novelist, that’s how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels Picture Quote #1

I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer Picture Quote #1

To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them Picture Quote #1

I can’t promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers Picture Quote #1

I’ve always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You’d have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain Picture Quote #1

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens Picture Quote #1

The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things Picture Quote #1

The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone Picture Quote #1

If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist Picture Quote #1

A novelist has to know enough about a subject to fool the passenger next to him on an airplane Picture Quote #1

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It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is over certain of his plot Picture Quote #1

Talents of the novelist:... observation of character, analysis of emotion, people’s feelings, personal relations Picture Quote #1

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction Picture Quote #1

The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to entertain, to make things up. The art of what I do lies not in research or even recollection but primarily in invention Picture Quote #1

I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing Picture Quote #1

Is any novelist going to recognize the moment when he or she has nothing more to say? It is a brave thing to admit. And since as a professional writer you are full of anxiety anyway, you could easily misread the signs Picture Quote #1

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I’m a novelist, so I can’t write about ideas unless they’re attached to people Picture Quote #1

As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday’s dream. Because it is a dream, there are so many contradictions and I have to adjust them to make the story work. But, in principle, the original dream does not change Picture Quote #1

You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two Picture Quote #1

The detective story itself is in a dilemma. It is a vein which is in danger of being worked out, the demand is constant, the powers of supply variable, and the reader, with each one he absorbs, grows a little more sophisticated and harder to please, while the novelist, after each one he writes, becomes a little more exhausted Picture Quote #1

The fact is that in this day and age I don’t think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention Picture Quote #1

I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn’t have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life Picture Quote #1

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You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing Picture Quote #1

The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up Picture Quote #1

A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute Picture Quote #1

I don’t like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself Picture Quote #1

I suppose I am a born novelist, for the things that I imagine are more vital and vivid to me than the things I remember Picture Quote #1

The preoccupation of the novelist: how to capture the living moments, was answered by the diary. You write while you are alive. You do not preserve them in alcohol until the moment you are ready to write about them Picture Quote #1

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I’m a novelist, that’s how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels (Novelist Quotes) I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something (Novelist Quotes) Sometimes I wonder why I’m a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I’m a successful writer (Novelist Quotes) To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them (Novelist Quotes) I can’t promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers (Novelist Quotes) I’ve always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults (Novelist Quotes) Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You’d have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain (Novelist Quotes) The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens (Novelist Quotes) The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things (Novelist Quotes) The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone (Novelist Quotes) If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist (Novelist Quotes) A novelist has to know enough about a subject to fool the passenger next to him on an airplane (Novelist Quotes) It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is over certain of his plot (Novelist Quotes) Talents of the novelist:... observation of character, analysis of emotion, people’s feelings, personal relations (Novelist Quotes) The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction (Novelist Quotes) The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to entertain, to make things up. The art of what I do lies not in research or even recollection but primarily in invention (Novelist Quotes) I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing (Novelist Quotes) Is any novelist going to recognize the moment when he or she has nothing more to say? It is a brave thing to admit. And since as a professional writer you are full of anxiety anyway, you could easily misread the signs (Novelist Quotes) I’m a novelist, so I can’t write about ideas unless they’re attached to people (Novelist Quotes) As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday’s dream. Because it is a dream, there are so many contradictions and I have to adjust them to make the story work. But, in principle, the original dream does not change (Novelist Quotes) You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two (Novelist Quotes) The detective story itself is in a dilemma. It is a vein which is in danger of being worked out, the demand is constant, the powers of supply variable, and the reader, with each one he absorbs, grows a little more sophisticated and harder to please, while the novelist, after each one he writes, becomes a little more exhausted (Novelist Quotes) The fact is that in this day and age I don’t think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention (Novelist Quotes) I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn’t have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life (Novelist Quotes) You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing (Novelist Quotes) The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up (Novelist Quotes) A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute (Novelist Quotes) I don’t like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself (Novelist Quotes) I suppose I am a born novelist, for the things that I imagine are more vital and vivid to me than the things I remember (Novelist Quotes) The preoccupation of the novelist: how to capture the living moments, was answered by the diary. You write while you are alive. You do not preserve them in alcohol until the moment you are ready to write about them (Novelist Quotes)

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