As the sweaty, alcohol fuming bodies press in on me from all directions I decide that my ideal of a good time is reading a good novel, alone
That was the wonderful thing about historical novels, one met so many famous people. It was like reading a very old copy of magazine.
story telling is not a career, it's a calling. I've been writing true and compelling news my entire professional life. My novels are packs of lies
There is nothing quite like this novel with its rage and ragings, its discontent and angry restlessness. Wuthering Heights is a virgin's story.
My mother is quiet. The way he acts, she thinks it must mean he doesn't love her as much as she loves him
He who fears being watched from the abyss will be unable to look into it himself. The truth can only be obtained by pressing forward.
As the epic film, Noah, debuts this weekend, those of you who have read Samrajni of Pemako know about the Noah subplot in the novel. Yes, Safiya the protagonist is distantly related to Noah...
Cecy, I do think it is unfair. People in novels are fainting all the time, and I never can, no matter how badly I need to.
She would let a speeding automobile hit her to show them all how unloved she was.
Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.
Confidence is not a wilted plant that can be brought back to life with a bit of water. It is a highly flammable object. Doubt sets it aflame and destroys it irreparably.
Whoever possessed knowledge not only had power over the changeable passions of people, but also power over their thinking, over their minds, hearts and souls.
Even when we strive for perfection, life is nothing more than an attempt to achieve it through a series of greater or smaller imperfections.
True love is loving yourself thoroughly so that you can love another unconditionally.
Let me in, Emily, and I swear to you that you'll never regret it.” Ethan Sterling in Private Emotions
I no longer believe in love," she said bitterly. "When people claim to have lost their heart, it's usually only their wits that have vanished.
I would advise a stupid woman always to follow her hsuband - however, a smart woman should rely on her own instincts.
Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: you have to learn the rhythm of respiration, acquire the pace; otherwise you stop right away.
I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.
The man she wanted existed only in the romantic novels she was reading. She had met him. But he would never meet her.
A picture with one word on it is like a thousand-and-one-word piece of literature. At this rate, I should be done with my million-word novel in about 999 minutes.
