When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And usually themes will recur... →
Richard Russo
I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.
James Salter
Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.
George Sand
Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader... →
Brandon Sanderson
I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in... →
Ashwin Sanghi
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.
The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.
Jose Saramago
When I am occupied with a work that requires continuity - a novel, for example - I write every day.
The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
Nathalie Sarraute
That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.
George Saunders