Quotes by Novelists What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific Detective writer. Hugo Gernsback sunset novelists clouds Where does any novelist pick up any character? For the most part, in town, to be sure. Herman Melville novelists towns character It is at least worth arguing that there is a modicum of the creative novelist in all of us, and that this absorption with how men get out of difficulties, single-handedly and alone if possible, is the stuff of which we weave the warp and woof of our own better dramatic imaginings. Humphrey Bogart novelists creative men As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's dream. Because it is a dream, there are so many contradictions and I have to adjust them to make the story work. But, in principle, the original dream does not change. Haruki Murakami novelists yesterday dream For novelists or musicians, if they really want to create something, they need to go downstairs and find a passage to get into the second basement. What I want to do is go down there, but still stay sane. Haruki Murakami novelists musician needs A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. Ian Mcewan novelists vulnerable people I do have a very strong sense that most of the terrible things in life happen suddenly and unpredictably, and certainly can sweep you off in different directions, and that is always of interest to a novelist. Ian Mcewan things-in-life novelists strong How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? Ian Mcewan atonement novelists outcomes By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State Ian Mcewan individuality novelists states Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative. Ian Mcewan information novelists narrative Rebecca Goldstein is a rare find among contemporary novelists: she has intellectual muscle as well as a tender emotional reach. Ian Mcewan novelists emotional intellectual Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. Irwin Shaw novelists different writing Literature has neglected the old and their emotions. The novelists never told us that in love, as in other matters, the young are just beginners and that the art of loving matures with age and experience. Isaac Bashevis Singer novelists age art Words are one thing, deeds are quite another. Ivan Bunin novelists behaviour differences A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism. Italo Svevo pillars proust novelists Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie. Italo Calvino novelists pieces lying The most original novelist now writing in English. Ivy Compton-Burnett novelists originals writing Novelists want to flood, poets want to distill. J. D. McClatchy novelists poet want Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. J. J. Abrams issues novelists long Just as we bemoan the passing away of the Great Novel, a great novelist is likely to emerge, perhaps even from Denmark or Switzerland, to prove us wrong. J. M. Coetzee switzerland novelists passing-away «678910111213141516»