All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?
Steven Saylor
The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named... →
Taiye Selasi
My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me.
Maria Semple
You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
Vikram Seth
But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.
Peter Shaffer
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
Irwin Shaw
In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.
Sidney Sheldon
I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.
Sara Shepard
I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all the things I could try, and one of them was writing a... →
Sara Sheridan