Quotes by Novelists I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person. Dawn French novelists sound thinking Not all popular novelists are good, but all good novelists are, sooner or later, popular. Dean Koontz sooner-or-later novelists The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them. Diane Johnson novelists mouths ideas It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time. Don Roff novelists time people You become a serious novelist by living long enough. Don DeLillo novelists writing long One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness. Don DeLillo connections novelists consciousness Being called a 'bad citizen' is a compliment to a novelist, at least to my mind. That's exactly what we ought to do. Don DeLillo novelists citizens mind As far as he can achieve it, readability is as important for the scientific writer as it is for the novelist. Donald O. Hebb novelists important science The best moments involve a loss of control. It's a kind of rapture, and it can happen with words and phrases fairly often - completely surprising combinations that make a higher kind of sense, that come to you out of nowhere. But rarely for extended periods, for paragraphs and pages - I think poets must have more access to this state than novelists do. Don DeLillo novelists loss thinking What terrorists gain, novelists lose. Don DeLillo terrorist gains novelists I'm a novelist, period. An American novelist. Don DeLillo novelists periods Naturally a direct comparison of terrorist and novelist is complete nonsense. But there was once a time when the novelist also had some influence on how his contemporaries thought, the way they saw the world, the way they lived. Don DeLillo novelists way world If any art form can accommodate contemporary culture, it's the novel. It's so malleable - it can incorporate essays, poetry, film. Maybe the challenge for the novelist is to stretch his art and his language, to the point where it can finally describe what's happening around him. Don DeLillo novelists challenges art There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow. Dorothea Brande growing novelists self After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists. Dorothy Dunnett tourism novelists giving I think novelists perform many useful tasks for their fellow citizens, but one of the most valuable is this: to enable us to see ourselves as others see us. Doris Lessing novelists tasks thinking One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do. Douglas Coupland novelists caring real I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible. Douglas Kennedy novelists serious want The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. E. L. Doctorow ragtime historian novelists The historian records, but the novelist creates. E. M. Forster records novelists writing «1234567891011»