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I was forced to wander, having no one, forced by my nature to keep wandering because wandering was the only thing that I — Roman Payne
A warm sunny evening, the plash and gurgle of the waves in the rock pools, the rush of the cold gin. I thought for the f — William Boyd, Any Human Heart
The lady who works in the grocery store at the corner of my block is called Denise, and she's one of America's great unp — Dave Gibbons, Watchmen
It is true that novelists are shameless and obey no decent law, and they are not to be trusted on any account, but some — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
No poet or novelist wishes he was the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and q — W.H. Auden
I believe that all novels, ... deal with character, and that it is to express character – not to preach doctrines, sing — Ursula K. Le Guin
You do not need to be temperamental or upset to be a novelist. Don’t embrace the tortured artist rhetoric that any life — Bryant A. Loney
After finishing 1st draft of a novel, I have the characters, dialogue, scenes, and a plotline. I used to think this mean — Edward Fahey
To be motivated to write a novel, I need to be unable not to write. — Johnny Rich
Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time. — Roman Payne, Europa: Limited Time Edition
Film and novel characters are often stereotyped, but racial stereotyping in many novels or films creates & encourages la — Angelica Hopes
Every exceptional writer holds a Master of Arts in Daydreaming. — Richelle E. Goodrich
Part of the desire to see each other succeed is to stop putting a price on success. — Crystal Evans, Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
I read not so long ago about the construction of a large telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, where rainfall can average — Brad Leithauser
You sound so miserable.”“All novelists are. — Changdictator
A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hat — Anthony Trollope
The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to — surely one can only write the book that is there to be written.
On Twitter, people who had read my book followed me and I could see what else they were reading, why they'd liked what I — Sara Sheridan
The novelist is required to create the illusion of a whole world with believable people in it, and the chief difference — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
These poems are cupsthat I pour my love into.Here, Drink! — Kamand Kojouri