Quotes by Novelists I'm not a philosopher. I am the next thing to a jock, which is a novelist. Frederick Busch next jocks novelists I have a wonderful editor who believes in fiction and poetry. She herself is a novelist and poet. Frederick Busch editors novelists believe I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself. Frederick Wiseman novelists character thinking I think of a designer as a processor of information — like a scriptwriter or a novelist. Freeman Thomas information novelists thinking The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen. Gabriel Garcia Marquez truth-is novelists book I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books. Gary Paulsen novelists reading book Besties before testes. Gena Showalter novelists best-friend funny I'm proud to be a crime novelist. What I've chosen is the best way to convey the questions I'm trying to raise. George Pelecanos novelists proud trying Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist. George Saintsbury novelists missing ordinary A novelist is a man who doesn't like his mother. Georges Simenon novelists mother men Sometimes I think some of my fellow novelists who have not worked in television and film are very naive about this process. They get an offer and there's the dump truck full of money and they sign it, they cash the check and then they're not involved in the series. They may get invited to the premiere and they come out of the premiere looking like all of their children had just been gassed, with a stunned look on their face because everything has been changed. George R. R. Martin novelists children thinking A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing. Gertrude Stein novelists important mind I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps. George R. R. Martin novelists reading writing The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation. Goldwin Smith novelists real humanity To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun. Gore Vidal nouns adjectives novelists Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family. Gore Vidal southerner novelists stories The greatest benefit we owe to the artist, whether painter, poet, or novelist, is the extension of our sympathies. George Eliot benefits novelists artist I'd defend the right for any novelist to experiment with form or language, but if people don't take to it, don't react by making out that they are thick. Graham Joyce novelists language people All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination. Graham Greene novelists imagination memories As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate. I think we are all, from time to time, inarticulate, at some level, about some things. Graham Swift novelists levels thinking «4567891011121314»