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Novels Quotes

I had wanted to write English crime novels based on the American hard-boiled style, and for the first two novels about Brixton, the critics didn’t actually know I was Irish Picture Quote #1

I never got any training in how to write novels as an English major at Oberlin, but I got some great training for writing novels from anthropology and from Margaret Mead Picture Quote #1

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid Picture Quote #1

If you enjoy math and you write novels, it’s very rare that you’ll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance Picture Quote #1

Seriously, you know - I love to write. I enjoy the process; I enjoy the different processes, because writing for film and television and graphic novels is all very different. So I’ve never had the feeling of, ‘Oh, you have to do this one thing.’ Picture Quote #1

I’d love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn’t really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas Picture Quote #1

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Read with care, George Orwell’s diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics Picture Quote #1

Japan is the first nation in the world to accord ‘comic books’--originally a ‘humorous’ form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the same social status as novels and films Picture Quote #1

I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses Picture Quote #1

Novels, in my experience, are slow in coming, and once I’ve begun them I know I have years rather than months of work ahead of me Picture Quote #1

I don’t know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it’s true. We aren’t satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams Picture Quote #1

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents’ bookshelf Picture Quote #1

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Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can’t be done Picture Quote #1

Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people Picture Quote #1

It’s an article of faith that the novels I’ve loved will live inside me forever Picture Quote #1

Even when she was alive, Esther Kreitman’s novels, short stories and translations received far less attention than the work of her famous brothers, I. J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on Picture Quote #1

Personally, I’m a big reader, and I’ve never wanted any of my favorite novels to be made into movies Picture Quote #1

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People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don’t see themselves as storytellers Picture Quote #1

Novels give you the opportunity to create a whole world. Because you create people, you make them talk... You decide who they are, whether they live or die. It’s the closest thing to feeling like a God that you can come to Picture Quote #1

My husband saw me go through the 2008 campaign cycle. We did it together for Sarah Palin and John McCain. It ended disastrously, and afterward I really wanted to do something different, so I started writing novels, and I imagined a fictional female president in my head Picture Quote #1

Life doesn’t change when you meet a guy and life doesn’t fall apart when you break up with one. We are teaching young female readers the wrong things through books not only expressing this point, but also using these two concepts as turning plot points of novels Picture Quote #1

Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science fiction novel, but they have escaped the stigma of being labeled as genre Picture Quote #1

We’ve had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we’ve had novels where India is dominant, and I suppose it’s all about getting away from that cliched old tired idea that the future belongs to the West Picture Quote #1

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My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time Picture Quote #1

I don’t write tracts, I write novels. I’m not a preacher, I’m a fiction writer Picture Quote #1

Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts Picture Quote #1

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms Picture Quote #1

Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history Picture Quote #1

Kafka is one of my very favorite writers. Kafka’s fictional world is already so complete that trying to follow in his steps is not just pointless, but quite risky, too. What I see myself doing, rather, is writing novels where, in my own way, I dismantle the fictional world of Kafka that itself dismantled the existing novelistic system Picture Quote #1

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I had wanted to write English crime novels based on the American hard-boiled style, and for the first two novels about Brixton, the critics didn’t actually know I was Irish. (Novels Quotes) I never got any training in how to write novels as an English major at Oberlin, but I got some great training for writing novels from anthropology and from Margaret Mead. (Novels Quotes) I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid. (Novels Quotes) If you enjoy math and you write novels, it’s very rare that you’ll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance. (Novels Quotes) Seriously, you know - I love to write. I enjoy the process; I enjoy the different processes, because writing for film and television and graphic novels is all very different. So I’ve never had the feeling of, ‘Oh, you have to do this one thing.’ (Novels Quotes) I’d love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn’t really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas. (Novels Quotes) Read with care, George Orwell’s diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics. (Novels Quotes) Japan is the first nation in the world to accord ‘comic books’--originally a ‘humorous’ form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the same social status as novels and films. (Novels Quotes) I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses. (Novels Quotes) Novels, in my experience, are slow in coming, and once I’ve begun them I know I have years rather than months of work ahead of me. (Novels Quotes) I don’t know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it’s true. We aren’t satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams. (Novels Quotes) I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents’ bookshelf. (Novels Quotes) Movies are not novels, and that’s why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can’t be done. (Novels Quotes) Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people. (Novels Quotes) It’s an article of faith that the novels I’ve loved will live inside me forever (Novels Quotes) Even when she was alive, Esther Kreitman’s novels, short stories and translations received far less attention than the work of her famous brothers, I. J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer. (Novels Quotes) Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on. (Novels Quotes) Personally, I’m a big reader, and I’ve never wanted any of my favorite novels to be made into movies. (Novels Quotes) People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don’t see themselves as storytellers. (Novels Quotes) Novels give you the opportunity to create a whole world. Because you create people, you make them talk... You decide who they are, whether they live or die. It’s the closest thing to feeling like a God that you can come to. (Novels Quotes) My husband saw me go through the 2008 campaign cycle. We did it together for Sarah Palin and John McCain. It ended disastrously, and afterward I really wanted to do something different, so I started writing novels, and I imagined a fictional female president in my head. (Novels Quotes) Life doesn’t change when you meet a guy and life doesn’t fall apart when you break up with one. We are teaching young female readers the wrong things through books not only expressing this point, but also using these two concepts as turning plot points of novels. (Novels Quotes) Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science fiction novel, but they have escaped the stigma of being labeled as genre. (Novels Quotes) We’ve had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we’ve had novels where India is dominant, and I suppose it’s all about getting away from that cliched old tired idea that the future belongs to the West. (Novels Quotes) My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time. (Novels Quotes) I don’t write tracts, I write novels. I’m not a preacher, I’m a fiction writer. (Novels Quotes) Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts. (Novels Quotes) But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms. (Novels Quotes) Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history. (Novels Quotes) Kafka is one of my very favorite writers. Kafka’s fictional world is already so complete that trying to follow in his steps is not just pointless, but quite risky, too. What I see myself doing, rather, is writing novels where, in my own way, I dismantle the fictional world of Kafka that itself dismantled the existing novelistic system. (Novels Quotes)

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