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Novels Quotes

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It’s incredibly underused Picture Quote #1

I’m a cartoonist. I write and draw comic books and graphic novels. I’m also a coder Picture Quote #1

I have to read comic books all first, because now when you get into graphic novels, they are definitely in deep graphic Picture Quote #1

I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain Picture Quote #1

When you’re writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come out and then you get the feedback. When you do work online, the moment you’re finished making it, people start responding to it which is really fun and allows for a kind of community development you just can’t have in novels 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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If you look at the whole world now it’s just computer games, graphic novels, film, TV spinoffs, spinoffs of spinoffs like Deadpool spinning off of Wolverine. So I think that any kind of smart producer looks at all of those bases. Once it comes down to the integrity of it audiences are very smart, they smell that they’re just kind of being played 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

Before novels written by women were relegated to their own ‘genre,’ I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who raised my awareness of what female authors were bringing to the table of contemporary fiction Picture Quote #1

But I have always - ever since The Accidental Woman - written novels about individuals attempting to make choices in the context of situations over which they have no control Picture Quote #1

I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds but through courage and determination find their heart’s desire Picture Quote #1

We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ‘ Wolf Hall ‘ from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history Picture Quote #1

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As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so Picture Quote #1

In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now Picture Quote #1

I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit Picture Quote #1

Now you mustn’t think that I don’t have any ideas for novels in my head. I’ve got ideas for ten novels in my head. But with every idea I have, I already foresee the wrong novels I would write, because I also have critical ideas in my head; I’ve got a full theory of the perfect novel, and that’s what stumps me Picture Quote #1

No matter how troubled a character’s history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What’s more, the darker the past, the brighter the future - and the better the read Picture Quote #1

My poems tend to be more celebratory and lyrical, and the novels so far pretty dark. Poetry doesn’t seem to me to be an appropriate tool for exploring that Picture Quote #1

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In order to capture Mid-World for new readers, I had to streamline the original tale [ The Gunslinger Born], but I also had to incorporate scenes from earlier Dark Tower novels Picture Quote #1

Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing Picture Quote #1

As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly, these novels help us to develop a deeper understanding of the legacy of women who came before us and the strides made by our ancestors Picture Quote #1

I’m no lyrical stylist; you wouldn’t pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn’t describe my novels as intellectual Picture Quote #1

I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality Picture Quote #1

I’ve always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past Picture Quote #1

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I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them Picture Quote #1

A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it Picture Quote #1

I’ve written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city’s Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon Picture Quote #1

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective Picture Quote #1

I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I’m one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them Picture Quote #1

I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both Picture Quote #1

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Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It’s incredibly underused. (Novels Quotes) I’m a cartoonist. I write and draw comic books and graphic novels. I’m also a coder. (Novels Quotes) I have to read comic books all first, because now when you get into graphic novels, they are definitely in deep graphic. (Novels Quotes) I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain. (Novels Quotes) When you’re writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come out and then you get the feedback. When you do work online, the moment you’re finished making it, people start responding to it which is really fun and allows for a kind of community development you just can’t have in novels. (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) If you look at the whole world now it’s just computer games, graphic novels, film, TV spinoffs, spinoffs of spinoffs like Deadpool spinning off of Wolverine. So I think that any kind of smart producer looks at all of those bases. Once it comes down to the integrity of it audiences are very smart, they smell that they’re just kind of being played. (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) Before novels written by women were relegated to their own ‘genre,’ I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who raised my awareness of what female authors were bringing to the table of contemporary fiction. (Novels Quotes) But I have always - ever since The Accidental Woman - written novels about individuals attempting to make choices in the context of situations over which they have no control. (Novels Quotes) I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds but through courage and determination find their heart’s desire. (Novels Quotes) We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ‘ Wolf Hall ‘ from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history. (Novels Quotes) As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so. (Novels Quotes) In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now. (Novels Quotes) I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit. (Novels Quotes) Now you mustn’t think that I don’t have any ideas for novels in my head. I’ve got ideas for ten novels in my head. But with every idea I have, I already foresee the wrong novels I would write, because I also have critical ideas in my head; I’ve got a full theory of the perfect novel, and that’s what stumps me. (Novels Quotes) No matter how troubled a character’s history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What’s more, the darker the past, the brighter the future - and the better the read. (Novels Quotes) My poems tend to be more celebratory and lyrical, and the novels so far pretty dark. Poetry doesn’t seem to me to be an appropriate tool for exploring that. (Novels Quotes) In order to capture Mid-World for new readers, I had to streamline the original tale [ The Gunslinger Born], but I also had to incorporate scenes from earlier Dark Tower novels. (Novels Quotes) Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing (Novels Quotes) As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly, these novels help us to develop a deeper understanding of the legacy of women who came before us and the strides made by our ancestors. (Novels Quotes) I’m no lyrical stylist; you wouldn’t pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn’t describe my novels as intellectual. (Novels Quotes) I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality. (Novels Quotes) I’ve always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past. (Novels Quotes) I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them. (Novels Quotes) A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it. (Novels Quotes) I’ve written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city’s Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon. (Novels Quotes) The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective. (Novels Quotes) I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I’m one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them. (Novels Quotes) I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both. (Novels Quotes)

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