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Novels Quotes

People who don’t read seem to me mysterious. I don’t know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education Picture Quote #1

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime Picture Quote #1

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be Picture Quote #1

I’ve read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium Picture Quote #1

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism Picture Quote #1

All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries Picture Quote #1

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The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters Picture Quote #1

I can’t change the past, and I don’t think I would. I don’t expect to be understood. I like what I’ve written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I’ve written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn’t do it Picture Quote #1

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale Picture Quote #1

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them Picture Quote #1

I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I’m not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing Picture Quote #1

I also wanted to do something that I hadn’t really seen in almost any black novels, which was a complex love story in which both people were extremely intelligent and talented and understood a lot of things and were still at odds getting it together Picture Quote #1

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I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation Picture Quote #1

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world Picture Quote #1

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women Picture Quote #1

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels Picture Quote #1

Novels for me are how I find out what’s going on in my own head. And so that’s a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do Picture Quote #1

I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels Picture Quote #1

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Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so Picture Quote #1

All novels are about crime. You’d be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don’t see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That’s the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately, I don’t get to read nearly as much as I want because I’m always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper columns Picture Quote #1

I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don’t agree with me as to their worth Picture Quote #1

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off Picture Quote #1

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing Picture Quote #1

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I’ve seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn’t occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don’t feel like going back and dredging them up Picture Quote #1

I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I’ll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous Picture Quote #1

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books Picture Quote #1

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I’d generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they’d turn into novels. I was biased toward music Picture Quote #1

You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels Picture Quote #1

In novels and autobiographies, the first positive move that the immigrant makes towards assimilation is to buy himself a suit of city clothes Picture Quote #1

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People who don’t read seem to me mysterious. I don’t know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education (Novels Quotes) I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime (Novels Quotes) Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be (Novels Quotes) I’ve read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium (Novels Quotes) In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism (Novels Quotes) All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries (Novels Quotes) The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters (Novels Quotes) I can’t change the past, and I don’t think I would. I don’t expect to be understood. I like what I’ve written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I’ve written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn’t do it (Novels Quotes) True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale (Novels Quotes) Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them (Novels Quotes) I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I’m not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing (Novels Quotes) I also wanted to do something that I hadn’t really seen in almost any black novels, which was a complex love story in which both people were extremely intelligent and talented and understood a lot of things and were still at odds getting it together (Novels Quotes) I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation (Novels Quotes) I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world (Novels Quotes) I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women (Novels Quotes) Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels (Novels Quotes) Novels for me are how I find out what’s going on in my own head. And so that’s a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do (Novels Quotes) I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels (Novels Quotes) Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so (Novels Quotes) All novels are about crime. You’d be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don’t see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That’s the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world (Novels Quotes) Unfortunately, I don’t get to read nearly as much as I want because I’m always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper columns (Novels Quotes) I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don’t agree with me as to their worth (Novels Quotes) I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off (Novels Quotes) Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing (Novels Quotes) I’ve seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn’t occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don’t feel like going back and dredging them up (Novels Quotes) I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I’ll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous (Novels Quotes) I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books (Novels Quotes) When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I’d generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they’d turn into novels. I was biased toward music (Novels Quotes) You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels (Novels Quotes) In novels and autobiographies, the first positive move that the immigrant makes towards assimilation is to buy himself a suit of city clothes (Novels Quotes)

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