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Novelist Quotes

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper Picture Quote #1

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party Picture Quote #1

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it Picture Quote #1

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective Picture Quote #1

For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo Picture Quote #1

A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute Picture Quote #1

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Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves Picture Quote #1

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist Picture Quote #1

With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it’s much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist Picture Quote #1

All novels are about crime. You’d be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don’t see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That’s the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world Picture Quote #1

As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money Picture Quote #1

I don’t really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident Picture Quote #1

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The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don’t consider myself a novelist Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing a novel, I’m dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant Picture Quote #1

The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design upon an invented ocean Picture Quote #1

Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country Picture Quote #1

I don’t think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists Picture Quote #1

I like grit, I like love and death, I’m tired of irony... A lot of good fiction is sentimental... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass Picture Quote #1

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And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened Picture Quote #1

My political position springs from my being a novelist. In so far as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case and I can categorically state that I became politically committed because I am a novelist, not the opposite Picture Quote #1

While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane Picture Quote #1

I believe that only poetry counts... A great novelist is first of all a great poet Picture Quote #1

It’s almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery Picture Quote #1

The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself Picture Quote #1

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It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn’t advance the story Picture Quote #1

The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing Picture Quote #1

In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter Picture Quote #1

My life is actually very boring. The life of a bestselling novelist sounds like it ought to be spectacularly glamorous and fun, but in fact I spend most of my time incognito, and in fact were you to pass me in the street you would think I was just another dowdy suburban mom Picture Quote #1

The novelist works neither to correct nor to condone, not at all to comfort, but to make what’s told alive Picture Quote #1

I’m not a novelist, I’m a storyteller. There is no art in what I do, no mystique Picture Quote #1

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A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper (Novelist Quotes) The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party (Novelist Quotes) I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it (Novelist Quotes) The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective (Novelist Quotes) For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo (Novelist Quotes) A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute (Novelist Quotes) Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves (Novelist Quotes) I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist (Novelist Quotes) With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it’s much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist (Novelist Quotes) All novels are about crime. You’d be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don’t see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That’s the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world (Novelist Quotes) As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money (Novelist Quotes) I don’t really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident (Novelist Quotes) The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don’t consider myself a novelist (Novelist Quotes) When I’m writing a novel, I’m dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant (Novelist Quotes) The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design upon an invented ocean (Novelist Quotes) Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country (Novelist Quotes) I don’t think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists (Novelist Quotes) I like grit, I like love and death, I’m tired of irony... A lot of good fiction is sentimental... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass (Novelist Quotes) And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened (Novelist Quotes) My political position springs from my being a novelist. In so far as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case and I can categorically state that I became politically committed because I am a novelist, not the opposite (Novelist Quotes) While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane (Novelist Quotes) I believe that only poetry counts... A great novelist is first of all a great poet (Novelist Quotes) It’s almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery (Novelist Quotes) The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself (Novelist Quotes) It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn’t advance the story (Novelist Quotes) The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing (Novelist Quotes) In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter (Novelist Quotes) My life is actually very boring. The life of a bestselling novelist sounds like it ought to be spectacularly glamorous and fun, but in fact I spend most of my time incognito, and in fact were you to pass me in the street you would think I was just another dowdy suburban mom (Novelist Quotes) The novelist works neither to correct nor to condone, not at all to comfort, but to make what’s told alive (Novelist Quotes) I’m not a novelist, I’m a storyteller. There is no art in what I do, no mystique (Novelist Quotes)

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