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Novelist Quotes

The journalist researches a story. The novelist imagines it. What’s funny is, you’d be amazed at the amount of time a novelist has to spend with people in order to create this single lonely voice. This seemingly isolated world. It’s hard to call any of my novels fiction Picture Quote #1

Just as the painter thinks with his brush and paints the novelist thinks with his story Picture Quote #1

It is less the business of the novelist to tell us what happened than to show how it happened Picture Quote #1

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like Picture Quote #1

Two things a novelist can do with a hat: Talk through it or pull a rabbit from it Picture Quote #1

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts Picture Quote #1

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A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow Picture Quote #1

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted Picture Quote #1

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can’t be an act of filial duty Picture Quote #1

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear Picture Quote #1

If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and prejudice overcome Picture Quote #1

As far as he can achieve it, readability is as important for the scientific writer as it is for the novelist Picture Quote #1

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I’m mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror Picture Quote #1

Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there’s no kind of agreed form of manners Picture Quote #1

If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn’t too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist Picture Quote #1

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you’ve fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence Picture Quote #1

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your fac Picture Quote #1

I’m probably the only novelist who has ever written about political fugitives who actually knew a lot about them, had contact with them, and had a realistic notion of how they survived Picture Quote #1

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Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists Picture Quote #1

Henry James claim that if you want to be a novelist you should be somebody on whom nothing is lost Picture Quote #1

I always think the novelist should go to the culture’s dark places and poke around. Pose a lot of hard questions Picture Quote #1

A novelist has mad a fictional representation of life. I doing so, he has revealed to us more significance, it may be, than he could find in life itself Picture Quote #1

I like the idea of being a novelist. I picture myself on the coast, the wind in my hair, horses galloping around me as I sit at my typewriter in the middle of a field Picture Quote #1

The biggest book for me, when I was fifteen, was Crime and Punishment, which I read in a kind of fever. When I put it down, I thought, if this is what novels are then I want to be a novelist Picture Quote #1

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If you write a screenplay that gets circulated, you have a bigger readership than any literary novelist. And it’s an educated audience as well Picture Quote #1

The novelist can’t successfully depict such horrifying reality. But she can, and must, try, to bear witness. There are many ways of doing this; the mode I prefer is indirect Picture Quote #1

As a novelist you have just unlimited budget, total creative control. You really get to have your cake - all the cake - and then you can have a second cake if you wanted to Picture Quote #1

I think, if you want to grow a novelist, for that person to have a lot of boring time trying to entertain themselves is very important Picture Quote #1

A novelist is on the cusp between someone who knows everything and someone who knows nothing Picture Quote #1

The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity Picture Quote #1

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The journalist researches a story. The novelist imagines it. What’s funny is, you’d be amazed at the amount of time a novelist has to spend with people in order to create this single lonely voice. This seemingly isolated world. It’s hard to call any of my novels fiction (Novelist Quotes) Just as the painter thinks with his brush and paints the novelist thinks with his story (Novelist Quotes) It is less the business of the novelist to tell us what happened than to show how it happened (Novelist Quotes) The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like (Novelist Quotes) Two things a novelist can do with a hat: Talk through it or pull a rabbit from it (Novelist Quotes) A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts (Novelist Quotes) A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow (Novelist Quotes) No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted (Novelist Quotes) As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can’t be an act of filial duty (Novelist Quotes) As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear (Novelist Quotes) If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and prejudice overcome (Novelist Quotes) As far as he can achieve it, readability is as important for the scientific writer as it is for the novelist (Novelist Quotes) I’m mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror (Novelist Quotes) Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there’s no kind of agreed form of manners (Novelist Quotes) If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn’t too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist (Novelist Quotes) With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you’ve fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence (Novelist Quotes) I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your fac (Novelist Quotes) I’m probably the only novelist who has ever written about political fugitives who actually knew a lot about them, had contact with them, and had a realistic notion of how they survived (Novelist Quotes) Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists (Novelist Quotes) Henry James claim that if you want to be a novelist you should be somebody on whom nothing is lost (Novelist Quotes) I always think the novelist should go to the culture’s dark places and poke around. Pose a lot of hard questions (Novelist Quotes) A novelist has mad a fictional representation of life. I doing so, he has revealed to us more significance, it may be, than he could find in life itself (Novelist Quotes) I like the idea of being a novelist. I picture myself on the coast, the wind in my hair, horses galloping around me as I sit at my typewriter in the middle of a field (Novelist Quotes) The biggest book for me, when I was fifteen, was Crime and Punishment, which I read in a kind of fever. When I put it down, I thought, if this is what novels are then I want to be a novelist (Novelist Quotes) If you write a screenplay that gets circulated, you have a bigger readership than any literary novelist. And it’s an educated audience as well (Novelist Quotes) The novelist can’t successfully depict such horrifying reality. But she can, and must, try, to bear witness. There are many ways of doing this; the mode I prefer is indirect (Novelist Quotes) As a novelist you have just unlimited budget, total creative control. You really get to have your cake - all the cake - and then you can have a second cake if you wanted to (Novelist Quotes) I think, if you want to grow a novelist, for that person to have a lot of boring time trying to entertain themselves is very important (Novelist Quotes) A novelist is on the cusp between someone who knows everything and someone who knows nothing (Novelist Quotes) The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity (Novelist Quotes)

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