Quotes about Novelists

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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
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
I read not so long ago about the construction of a large telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, where rainfall can average — Brad Leithauser
With the right tools, you can write anything ... — Jeff Lyons, Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success
There is one myth about writers that I have always felt was particularly pernicious and untruthful—the myth of the "lone — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life. If they observed this duty conscientiously, — Charlotte Brontë, The Professor
The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more. — Sara Sheridan
That's a good point," Professor Hirota said. "But there is one thing we ought to keep in mind in the study of man. Namel — Sōseki Natsume
The novelist is condemned to wander all his life. Homeless and blind like Oedipus he wanders until death. And so let us — Roman Payne
...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the — Stephen King, The Dark Half
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. — Christopher Morley, Parnassus on Wheels