Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.
'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.
In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.
Writing a novel is like traveling the universe on foot.
Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels.
I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.
Many novels and modern publications are corrupters of morals or distorters of truth.
I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.
Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.
There's never a false note in a Berg novel.
I invented the historical spy novel.
Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
I spend about a year between novels.
Good listeners always hear something novel
Write a page a day and you'll have a complete novel in year.
When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.
Never forget that all these people are primarily a visual people. They are designers, window dressers, models, photographers, graphic artists. They design the windows at Saks. Do you understand? They are a visual people, and they value the eye, and t...
A lot of excellent illustrators are working at the moment--especially in fantasy and children's books. It is exciting also to see graphic artists such as Dave McKean, in his film Mirrormask, moving between different media. I also greatly admire the m...
Ideology is the light that creates darkness.
