Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking.
In my novel, 'First Blood,' Rambo died. In the films, he lives.
There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.
The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.
What could be more boring than a novel that tells you how to think about everything that happens in it?
There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.
We love fantasy novels in which the characters think that they're peasants but turn out to be princes and kings.
I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.
The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.
Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.
Novel technologies and ideas that impinge on human biology and their perceived impact on human values have renewed strains in the relationship between science and society.
Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche.
Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.
In this place called Hell novels are written by people who don't read books.
I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.
Be careful what you tell me. You could end up in my next novel.
Shit happens. But so does magic." ~ Celia Wird, SEALED WITH A CURSE: A Weird Girls Novel
When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel.
Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.
I am a working person. I always work, study or do research for my novel. I even work on Sunday.
I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.
