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Novel Quotes: "It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us."

It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.



Novel Quotes: "When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel."

When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.




Novel Quotes: "The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves."

The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves.



Novel Quotes: "He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse."

He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.




Novel Quotes: "I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel."

I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.



Novel Quotes: "The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce."

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.



Novel Quotes: "Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna."

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna.




Novel Quotes: "Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten."

Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten.



Novel Quotes: "I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer."

I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer.



Novel Quotes: "Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties."

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.



Novel Quotes: "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor."

Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.



Novel Quotes: "I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality."

I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality.




Novel Quotes: "My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse."

My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.



Novel Quotes: "Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on."

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.



Novel Quotes: "I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself."

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.



Novel Quotes: "We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works"

We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works



Novel Quotes: "I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure."

I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure.



Novel Quotes: "People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel."

People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel.



Novel Quotes: "Let nothing novel be introduced!"

Let nothing novel be introduced!



Novel Quotes: "My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with an hour in the life of a woman at the sink."

My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with an hour in the life of a woman at the sink.



Novel Quotes: "To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great boldness of imagination."

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great boldness of imagination.



Novel Quotes: "I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'"

I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'



Novel Quotes: "I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips."

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips.



Novel Quotes: "Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life."

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.



Novel Quotes: "He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest."

He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest.



Novel Quotes: "Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist's head, and you invest many hours to do so."

Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist's head, and you invest many hours to do so.



Novel Quotes: "The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas."

The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas.



Novel Quotes: "It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade."

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.



Novel Quotes: "I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all."

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.



Novel Quotes: "A Marxist has never written a good novel."

A Marxist has never written a good novel.



Novel Quotes: "Writing a novel is like building a wall brick by brick; only amateurs believe in inspiration."

Writing a novel is like building a wall brick by brick; only amateurs believe in inspiration.



Novel Quotes: "The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason as scheme and treason as language."

The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason as scheme and treason as language.



Novel Quotes: "The suspense in a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist himself, who is intensely curious too about what will happen to the hero."

The suspense in a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist himself, who is intensely curious too about what will happen to the hero.



Novel Quotes: "A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.



Novel Quotes: "Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps."

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.



Novel Quotes: "Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel."

Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.



Novel Quotes: "Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility."

Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility.



Novel Quotes: "Reading groups, readings, breakdowns of book sales all tell the same story: when women stop reading, the novel will be dead."

Reading groups, readings, breakdowns of book sales all tell the same story: when women stop reading, the novel will be dead.



Novel Quotes: "Writing a novel resembles a journey with only the sketchiest of maps."

Writing a novel resembles a journey with only the sketchiest of maps.



Novel Quotes: "My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye."

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.



Novel Quotes: "Good novels are produced by people who voluntarily isolate themselves and go deep, and report from the depths on what they find."

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



Novel Quotes: "Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either."

Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either.



Novel Quotes: "It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know."

It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.



Novel Quotes: "Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write."

Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.



Novel Quotes: "I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer."

I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer.



Novel Quotes: "The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life."

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.



Novel Quotes: "I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself."

I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself.



Novel Quotes: "In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end."

In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.



Novel Quotes: "San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth."

San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth.