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Novels Quotes

I’m a hopeful romantic who adores novels with happy endings, because there are enough sad endings in real life Picture Quote #1

Novels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp. Reading the right one at the right time can make all the difference Picture Quote #1

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable Picture Quote #1

I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don’t write Picture Quote #1

I’d harbored hopes that the intelligence that once inhabited novels or films would ingest rock. I was, perhaps, wrong Picture Quote #1

To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them Picture Quote #1

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Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are foreshadowed. TheyÕre going someplace Picture Quote #1

One of the things that happens in novels it’s almost like a continual debate with yourself. That’s why you’re writing the book. It’s why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself Picture Quote #1

It’s a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word Picture Quote #1

If politicians can’t do it, I want to do it. We have to do it. Artists, put it in paintings. Poets, put it in poems, novels. That’s what we have to do. And I think it’s so important to save the world Picture Quote #1

I’m a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It’s much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything has to be 100 per cent correct Picture Quote #1

People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different Picture Quote #1

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Good novels are produced by people who voluntarily isolate themselves and go deep, and report from the depths on what they find Picture Quote #1

Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips Picture Quote #1

My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I’m writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age Picture Quote #1

I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer Picture Quote #1

Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can’t be done Picture Quote #1

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did Picture Quote #1

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I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike it. I do it and I am always resolving to give it up Picture Quote #1

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it’s an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting Picture Quote #1

I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I’ve learned a lot of things about the characters I write from people who read about them. Readers expand them in ways I don’t think of and take them to places I can’t go Picture Quote #1

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels Picture Quote #1

Writers remember everything... especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he’ll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory Picture Quote #1

I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man Picture Quote #1

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The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is Picture Quote #1

In 25 years of writing novels, I’ve never had anything that felt like writer’s block Picture Quote #1

When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I’m finished with a theme, I’m generally not. and usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises Picture Quote #1

Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am Picture Quote #1

The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer Picture Quote #1

When you put on the suits, when you pretend you’re honest and you’re robbing at a far higher level, these guys deserve to... Well, to be in my novels, and I have special fates reserved for them Picture Quote #1

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I’m a hopeful romantic who adores novels with happy endings, because there are enough sad endings in real life (Novels Quotes) Novels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp. Reading the right one at the right time can make all the difference (Novels Quotes) The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable (Novels Quotes) I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don’t write (Novels Quotes) I’d harbored hopes that the intelligence that once inhabited novels or films would ingest rock. I was, perhaps, wrong (Novels Quotes) To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them (Novels Quotes) Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are foreshadowed. TheyÕre going someplace (Novels Quotes) One of the things that happens in novels it’s almost like a continual debate with yourself. That’s why you’re writing the book. It’s why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself (Novels Quotes) It’s a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word (Novels Quotes) If politicians can’t do it, I want to do it. We have to do it. Artists, put it in paintings. Poets, put it in poems, novels. That’s what we have to do. And I think it’s so important to save the world (Novels Quotes) I’m a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It’s much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything has to be 100 per cent correct (Novels Quotes) People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different (Novels Quotes) Good novels are produced by people who voluntarily isolate themselves and go deep, and report from the depths on what they find (Novels Quotes) Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips (Novels Quotes) My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I’m writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age (Novels Quotes) I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer (Novels Quotes) Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can’t be done (Novels Quotes) Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did (Novels Quotes) I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike it. I do it and I am always resolving to give it up (Novels Quotes) I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it’s an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting (Novels Quotes) I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I’ve learned a lot of things about the characters I write from people who read about them. Readers expand them in ways I don’t think of and take them to places I can’t go (Novels Quotes) Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels (Novels Quotes) Writers remember everything... especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he’ll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory (Novels Quotes) I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man (Novels Quotes) The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is (Novels Quotes) In 25 years of writing novels, I’ve never had anything that felt like writer’s block (Novels Quotes) When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I’m finished with a theme, I’m generally not. and usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises (Novels Quotes) Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am (Novels Quotes) The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer (Novels Quotes) When you put on the suits, when you pretend you’re honest and you’re robbing at a far higher level, these guys deserve to... Well, to be in my novels, and I have special fates reserved for them (Novels Quotes)

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