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Novels Quotes

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort Picture Quote #1

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed Picture Quote #1

I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect Picture Quote #1

I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L. A. And I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me Picture Quote #1

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography Picture Quote #1

I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building Picture Quote #1

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One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed Picture Quote #1

Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that Picture Quote #1

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history Picture Quote #1

I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels Picture Quote #1

My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science fiction novels in his spare time Picture Quote #1

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I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it Picture Quote #1

Novels give you the matrix of emotions, give you the flavour of a time in a way formal history cannot Picture Quote #1

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character Picture Quote #1

Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out Picture Quote #1

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet? Picture Quote #1

If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn’t be writing screenplays. I’d be writing novels Picture Quote #1

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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury Picture Quote #1

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form Picture Quote #1

Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them - almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men Picture Quote #1

I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish Picture Quote #1

If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer? Picture Quote #1

I’d probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren’t for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I’m much happier writing novels! Picture Quote #1

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Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission Picture Quote #1

Heaven knows, I’ve exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines Picture Quote #1

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels Picture Quote #1

I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected Picture Quote #1

I liked 35 and in both my novels that is the age of the lead characters. I tried making them my age but they just seemed to keep moaning about stuff Picture Quote #1

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you Picture Quote #1

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Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort (Novels Quotes) Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed (Novels Quotes) I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect (Novels Quotes) I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L. A. And I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me (Novels Quotes) I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography (Novels Quotes) I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building (Novels Quotes) One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed (Novels Quotes) Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that (Novels Quotes) Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history (Novels Quotes) I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting (Novels Quotes) When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels (Novels Quotes) My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science fiction novels in his spare time (Novels Quotes) I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it (Novels Quotes) Novels give you the matrix of emotions, give you the flavour of a time in a way formal history cannot (Novels Quotes) Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character (Novels Quotes) Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out (Novels Quotes) I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet? (Novels Quotes) If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn’t be writing screenplays. I’d be writing novels (Novels Quotes) In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury (Novels Quotes) Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form (Novels Quotes) Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them - almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men (Novels Quotes) I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish (Novels Quotes) If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer? (Novels Quotes) I’d probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren’t for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I’m much happier writing novels! (Novels Quotes) Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission (Novels Quotes) Heaven knows, I’ve exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines (Novels Quotes) I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels (Novels Quotes) I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected (Novels Quotes) I liked 35 and in both my novels that is the age of the lead characters. I tried making them my age but they just seemed to keep moaning about stuff (Novels Quotes) I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you (Novels Quotes)

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