The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.
Ross MacDonald
I have used Lenovo since I wrote my first novel. My old laptop broke, so I bought a new one, but still a Lenovo. It is one of my most essential... →
Okky Madasari
There is no better way of elevating the novel than by making it into a construct which contains ideas.
Heinrich Mann
A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers.
Hilary Mantel
I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker, and you have to stop all that to write a novel.
I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or... →
Karl Marlantes
Over a four-month period, I sat down and wrote every day. And then there was a novel, and all of a sudden, there were agents and offers.
Melissa Marr
'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.
Yann Martel
I wanted to write a big novel, something epic in scale.
George R. R. Martin
You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary... →