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Novels Quotes

No one goes to the toilet in novels. You’d think none of us had bladders Picture Quote #1

It’s a given that we exist in a world where we have to live in continuity every day; no one is immune to that, in life or romance novels. By the same token, it’s not something I find terribly important Picture Quote #1

As to the number of novels I’ve abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that’s a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort Picture Quote #1

$I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on Picture Quote #1$

I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it’s true. We aren’t satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams Picture Quote #1

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

I could have been a cult writer if I’d kept writing surrealistic novels. But I wanted to break into the mainstream, so I had to prove that I could write a realistic book Picture Quote #1

Often in gothic novels there’s a large house, an estate, and it’s symbolic of that culture. Usually it’s sort of moldering or rotted or something, and sometimes it’s a whole community Picture Quote #1

I don’t like the word rock opera, but I’m trying to write on that level that’s reserved for plays still, or novels Picture Quote #1

I don’t read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I’ve never learnt to enjoy books or novels Picture Quote #1

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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels 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

All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies Picture Quote #1

I started out as a poet. I’ve always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels Picture Quote #1

These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes them want to live in other ways they can never really be Picture Quote #1

Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth Picture Quote #1

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We don’t read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we’re living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to fiction to have an author assure us that it means something Picture Quote #1

All novels... are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: what is the self? How can it be grasped? Picture Quote #1

She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you’d never do it again Picture Quote #1

Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way Picture Quote #1

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels Picture Quote #1

He shivered. His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. The manly heroes of the penny dreadfuls and shilling novels never had these problems getting kissed Picture Quote #1

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Leo knew next to nothing about governesses, save for the drab creatures in novels, who tended to fall in love with the lord of the manor, always with bad results Picture Quote #1

Your life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum Picture Quote #1

Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks… Picture Quote #1

You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all experience. Let life pour through you the way light pours through leaves Picture Quote #1

Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way; and you did not help me! Picture Quote #1

I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important, and therefore I want people to take them seriously. And to read it twice of course is taking it seriously Picture Quote #1

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No one goes to the toilet in novels. You’d think none of us had bladders (Novels Quotes) Novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into torpid slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand (Novels Quotes) It’s a given that we exist in a world where we have to live in continuity every day; no one is immune to that, in life or romance novels. By the same token, it’s not something I find terribly important (Novels Quotes) As to the number of novels I’ve abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that’s a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort (Novels Quotes) I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on (Novels Quotes) I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift (Novels Quotes) I don’t know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it’s true. We aren’t satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams (Novels Quotes) I’m a novelist, that’s how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels (Novels Quotes) I could have been a cult writer if I’d kept writing surrealistic novels. But I wanted to break into the mainstream, so I had to prove that I could write a realistic book (Novels Quotes) Often in gothic novels there’s a large house, an estate, and it’s symbolic of that culture. Usually it’s sort of moldering or rotted or something, and sometimes it’s a whole community (Novels Quotes) I don’t like the word rock opera, but I’m trying to write on that level that’s reserved for plays still, or novels (Novels Quotes) I don’t read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I’ve never learnt to enjoy books or novels (Novels Quotes) I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels (Novels 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 (Novels Quotes) All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies (Novels Quotes) I started out as a poet. I’ve always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels (Novels Quotes) These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes them want to live in other ways they can never really be (Novels Quotes) Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth (Novels Quotes) We don’t read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we’re living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to fiction to have an author assure us that it means something (Novels Quotes) All novels... are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: what is the self? How can it be grasped? (Novels Quotes) She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you’d never do it again (Novels Quotes) Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way (Novels Quotes) Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels (Novels Quotes) He shivered. His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. The manly heroes of the penny dreadfuls and shilling novels never had these problems getting kissed (Novels Quotes) Leo knew next to nothing about governesses, save for the drab creatures in novels, who tended to fall in love with the lord of the manor, always with bad results (Novels Quotes) Your life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum (Novels Quotes) Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks… (Novels Quotes) You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all experience. Let life pour through you the way light pours through leaves (Novels Quotes) Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way; and you did not help me! (Novels Quotes) I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important, and therefore I want people to take them seriously. And to read it twice of course is taking it seriously (Novels Quotes)

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