If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and... →
Chaim Potok
The 'information novel' shouldn't be a curiosity. It should be absolutely mainstream.
Richard Powers
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' convinced me to drop out of Harvard graduate school. The novel reminded me of everything my Ph.D. program was... →
Francine Prose
It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.
Manuel Puig
When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
Ted Rall
If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any.
Jean Rhys
A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don't know how to write sentences.
Tom Robbins
I think the novel form chose me. I was a writer before I became a criminal... my first instinct was to write.
Gregory David Roberts
I don't think I could write a novel that wasn't theological.
Marilynne Robinson