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Novels Quotes

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader Picture Quote #1

Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels Picture Quote #1

In everything I’ve written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don’t have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it’s a way of getting a plot moving Picture Quote #1

As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling Picture Quote #1

I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I’m morbidly interested in it but because I’m interested in the secret of resilience; that’s what I’m always exploring in the stories and the novels Picture Quote #1

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels Picture Quote #1

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The movies are fun, but I’m a novelist. In many ways, screenwriting is much easier than writing novels. I find screenplays twenty times easier to write than a novel Picture Quote #1

I feel like humor is a part of life. I don’t think it comes through as much in the novels as it does in my head Picture Quote #1

Is it not superfluous to write more than one novel if the writer has not become, say, a new man? Obviously, all the novels of an author not infrequently belong together and are to a certain degree only one novel Picture Quote #1

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences Picture Quote #1

Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly Picture Quote #1

I myself love getting cookbooks and novels that some congenial person has already tried and liked Picture Quote #1

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Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author’s ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood Picture Quote #1

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books Picture Quote #1

In fact, with each of my novels I have been surprised by something that happens that I had not thought of beforehand Picture Quote #1

I received so many positive comments about the quotes that I decided to continue to use them in my novels Picture Quote #1

I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films Picture Quote #1

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At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable Picture Quote #1

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn’t know how to write essays Picture Quote #1

I have a lot of novels that I haven’t finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it’s not going anywhere. I don’t publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least Picture Quote #1

I’ve written 16 children’s books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad Picture Quote #1

If you enjoy math and you write novels, it’s very rare that you’ll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance Picture Quote #1

I certainly think we’re going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels Picture Quote #1

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You don’t want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven’t done what I do. Most book reviewers haven’t written 11 novels. Many of them haven’t written one Picture Quote #1

I’ve written only two novels, but they’re both long ones, and they each took a decade to write Picture Quote #1

My novels aren’t really generated by a single conceptual spark; it’s more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time Picture Quote #1

Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn’t either Picture Quote #1

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world Picture Quote #1

I can’t think of any one film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels Picture Quote #1

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Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader (Novels Quotes) Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels (Novels Quotes) In everything I’ve written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don’t have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it’s a way of getting a plot moving (Novels Quotes) As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling (Novels Quotes) I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I’m morbidly interested in it but because I’m interested in the secret of resilience; that’s what I’m always exploring in the stories and the novels (Novels Quotes) There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels (Novels Quotes) The movies are fun, but I’m a novelist. In many ways, screenwriting is much easier than writing novels. I find screenplays twenty times easier to write than a novel (Novels Quotes) I feel like humor is a part of life. I don’t think it comes through as much in the novels as it does in my head (Novels Quotes) Is it not superfluous to write more than one novel if the writer has not become, say, a new man? Obviously, all the novels of an author not infrequently belong together and are to a certain degree only one novel (Novels Quotes) I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences (Novels Quotes) Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly (Novels Quotes) I myself love getting cookbooks and novels that some congenial person has already tried and liked (Novels Quotes) Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author’s ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood (Novels Quotes) One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books (Novels Quotes) In fact, with each of my novels I have been surprised by something that happens that I had not thought of beforehand (Novels Quotes) I received so many positive comments about the quotes that I decided to continue to use them in my novels (Novels Quotes) I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it (Novels Quotes) I don’t think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films (Novels Quotes) At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable (Novels Quotes) In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn’t know how to write essays (Novels Quotes) I have a lot of novels that I haven’t finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it’s not going anywhere. I don’t publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least (Novels Quotes) I’ve written 16 children’s books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad (Novels Quotes) If you enjoy math and you write novels, it’s very rare that you’ll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance (Novels Quotes) I certainly think we’re going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels (Novels Quotes) You don’t want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven’t done what I do. Most book reviewers haven’t written 11 novels. Many of them haven’t written one (Novels Quotes) I’ve written only two novels, but they’re both long ones, and they each took a decade to write (Novels Quotes) My novels aren’t really generated by a single conceptual spark; it’s more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time (Novels Quotes) Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn’t either (Novels Quotes) Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world (Novels Quotes) I can’t think of any one film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels (Novels Quotes)

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