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I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation Picture Quote #1

With comics, you don’t have to worry so much about budgetary constraints. In film and television, however fanciful you want to be, someone can come up to you and go, ‘Okay, this is going to cost X amount of dollars, and we only have so many days to film this.’ With graphic novels, you can have that alien invasion you’ve always wanted to see Picture Quote #1

Film and novel characters are often stereotyped, but racial stereotyping in many novels or films creates and encourages labelling, discrimination and racism. ~Angelica Hopes Picture Quote #1

I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn’t very good at it. Then I started writing short stories, sort of as treatments for the film scripts, and I found I enjoyed writing short stories far more than I enjoyed writing film scripts. Then the short stories got longer and longer and suddenly, I had novels Picture Quote #1

The financial markets tend to be just a backdrop for a novel, for a heist or something that isn’t necessarily integral to it. On the whole, I don’t think the financial world has been well served by novels Picture Quote #1

One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well Picture Quote #1

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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it’s really hard to finish a novel Picture Quote #1

The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric. I have resisted getting a computer because I distrust the whole PC thing. I don’t think a great book has yet been written on computer Picture Quote #1

One of the things that I love about writing novels is that it really doesn’t matter what next step you take as long as you’re pursuing some intuition or instinct. Of course, then, intuitions or instincts don’t make for great novels, but they often make for good first drafts Picture Quote #1

Violence is inevitable in crime novels, but there are many different ways to tell a story. I use my characters’ reactions to illustrate the worst moments rather than let readers witness them at first hand Picture Quote #1

Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot of people want my benediction or something Picture Quote #1

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I’ve since written eight suspense novels Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know if memoirs can produce literary work of the first order. But I do know that novels are doing it only rarely Picture Quote #1

My first novel, ‘You Must be Sisters,’ was started in Pakistan. I’ve wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there Picture Quote #1

Personally, one of the most helpful things I learned was three-act structure. For my first four or so novels, I built the structure intuitively Picture Quote #1

I hadn’t realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you’re being assigned 40 books a week... there’s not much room for novels Picture Quote #1

I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than the top one percent of literary novels Picture Quote #1

First, people don’t read novels off screens, and they don’t have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don’t retain anything physically for their money Picture Quote #1

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Rejection is part of the process, so you can’t let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, ‘Sheltering Rain,’ was translated into 11 languages Picture Quote #1

I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels Picture Quote #1

I worked for many years as a writer for children and then wrote two adult novels of the kind they call ‘literary’ without any very great disturbance to this kind of life. Then, something went wrong. My third adult novel was rejected by the publisher of the first two. And I could not understand the criticism offered Picture Quote #1

Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of solitude. No flashbacks and no backstory. Let’s have no more back story! Picture Quote #1

I write about the period 1933-42, and I read books written during those years: books by foreign correspondents of the time, histories of the time written contemporaneously or just afterwards, autobiographies and biographies of people who were there, present-day histories of the period, and novels written during those times Picture Quote #1

I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job Picture Quote #1

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The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final conclusion isn’t that life is wonderful and everything is bright and cheery and in the garden Picture Quote #1

All things in my novels are real for me. Some western critics said that Garcia Marquez’s novels are magic realism. However, I believe that Marquez must have experienced everything in his novels Picture Quote #1

I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels Picture Quote #1

I am Superwoman. I am the author of 15 novels, including one about cancer. I am not, however, someone who ‘gets’ cancer. I am a sun worshipper who never thought it could happen to me Picture Quote #1

I love getting cookbooks - people will give them to me, and I read them like novels and file everything away Picture Quote #1

Maybe she should stop reading those damn romance novels. They were giving her crazy expectations Picture Quote #1

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I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation. (Novels Quotes) With comics, you don’t have to worry so much about budgetary constraints. In film and television, however fanciful you want to be, someone can come up to you and go, ‘Okay, this is going to cost X amount of dollars, and we only have so many days to film this.’ With graphic novels, you can have that alien invasion you’ve always wanted to see. (Novels Quotes) Film and novel characters are often stereotyped, but racial stereotyping in many novels or films creates and encourages labelling, discrimination and racism. ~Angelica Hopes (Novels Quotes) I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn’t very good at it. Then I started writing short stories, sort of as treatments for the film scripts, and I found I enjoyed writing short stories far more than I enjoyed writing film scripts. Then the short stories got longer and longer and suddenly, I had novels. (Novels Quotes) The financial markets tend to be just a backdrop for a novel, for a heist or something that isn’t necessarily integral to it. On the whole, I don’t think the financial world has been well served by novels. (Novels Quotes) One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well. (Novels Quotes) When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it’s really hard to finish a novel. (Novels Quotes) The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric. I have resisted getting a computer because I distrust the whole PC thing. I don’t think a great book has yet been written on computer. (Novels Quotes) One of the things that I love about writing novels is that it really doesn’t matter what next step you take as long as you’re pursuing some intuition or instinct. Of course, then, intuitions or instincts don’t make for great novels, but they often make for good first drafts. (Novels Quotes) Violence is inevitable in crime novels, but there are many different ways to tell a story. I use my characters’ reactions to illustrate the worst moments rather than let readers witness them at first hand. (Novels Quotes) Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot of people want my benediction or something. (Novels Quotes) Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I’ve since written eight suspense novels. (Novels Quotes) I don’t know if memoirs can produce literary work of the first order. But I do know that novels are doing it only rarely. (Novels Quotes) My first novel, ‘You Must be Sisters,’ was started in Pakistan. I’ve wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there. (Novels Quotes) Personally, one of the most helpful things I learned was three-act structure. For my first four or so novels, I built the structure intuitively. (Novels Quotes) I hadn’t realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you’re being assigned 40 books a week... there’s not much room for novels. (Novels Quotes) I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than the top one percent of literary novels. (Novels Quotes) First, people don’t read novels off screens, and they don’t have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don’t retain anything physically for their money. (Novels Quotes) Rejection is part of the process, so you can’t let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, ‘Sheltering Rain,’ was translated into 11 languages. (Novels Quotes) I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels. (Novels Quotes) I worked for many years as a writer for children and then wrote two adult novels of the kind they call ‘literary’ without any very great disturbance to this kind of life. Then, something went wrong. My third adult novel was rejected by the publisher of the first two. And I could not understand the criticism offered. (Novels Quotes) Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of solitude. No flashbacks and no backstory. Let’s have no more back story! (Novels Quotes) I write about the period 1933-42, and I read books written during those years: books by foreign correspondents of the time, histories of the time written contemporaneously or just afterwards, autobiographies and biographies of people who were there, present-day histories of the period, and novels written during those times. (Novels Quotes) I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job. (Novels Quotes) The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final conclusion isn’t that life is wonderful and everything is bright and cheery and in the garden. (Novels Quotes) All things in my novels are real for me. Some western critics said that Garcia Marquez’s novels are magic realism. However, I believe that Marquez must have experienced everything in his novels. (Novels Quotes) I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels (Novels Quotes) I am Superwoman. I am the author of 15 novels, including one about cancer. I am not, however, someone who ‘gets’ cancer. I am a sun worshipper who never thought it could happen to me. (Novels Quotes) I love getting cookbooks - people will give them to me, and I read them like novels and file everything away. (Novels Quotes) Maybe she should stop reading those damn romance novels. They were giving her crazy expectations. (Novels Quotes)

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