Quotes of: Novels Keyword

Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.

Marilyn Hacker

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.

Vikram Seth

My novels are often about people who are in love or attracted to each other.

William Boyd

The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems.

Stan Brakhage

Personally, I'm a big reader, and I've never wanted any of my favorite novels to be made into movies.

Stephen Moyer

The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.

Anne Tyler

You never finish writing a novel, you eventually abandon it.

Tom Winton

I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.

Umera Ahmad

My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.

Vikas Swarup

A good novel, one which entices the author as much as it beckons the reader.

W.J. Raymond

Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.

C. S. Forester

Never underestimate a clown with a book.

Carnival: A Novel

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

The Daddy Rock

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.

Alex Winter

Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry.

Eugenio Montale

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

Honore de Balzac

... a writer concocts a different story for every reader.

The Afterword: A Novel

All monsters have their fits of depression.

Monsieur Venus: A Materialist Novel

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

Novalis: Philosophical Writings

While we read a novel, we are insane - bonkers.

The Left Hand of Darkness

I want to spend my life with you...

Life Of Love - A Novel