Quotes by Novel I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station. John Irving next novel writing Design is about crafting an experience that is unfamiliar enough to feel novel, yet familiar enough to instill confidence. John Maeda design novel enough Many people have a novel inside them, but most don't bother to get it out. Jodi Picoult novel bother people They say great themes make great novels John O'Hara great-novels theme novel 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. John Scott novel would-be jobs If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis. John Scott luxury novel thinking Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels. John Thomas Sladek short-story novel stories In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God. John Thomas Sladek conventional novel nuts I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read. John Thomas Sladek be-careful novel found We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. John Steinbeck novel evil stories I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get. Johnny Cash excited novel study Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author. Jonathan Dee wells novel kind I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it. Jonathan Dee get-better novel Good novels are produced by people who voluntarily isolate themselves and go deep, and report from the depths on what they find. Jonathan Franzen novel depth people To me, the point of a novel is to take you to a still place. You can multitask with a lot of things, but you can’t really multitask reading a book. Jonathan Franzen novel reading book Good travel books are novels at heart. Jonathan Raban novel heart book Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality. Jorge Luis Borges planes novel reality When I am occupied with a work that requires continuity - a novel, for example - I write every day. Jose Saramago novel example writing The greater the novel, the more it is apt to embody the special, non-replicable properties of the written medium. Joseph O'Neill mediums novel special I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.' Joseph Heller novel thinking «7891011121314151617»