In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters three and 11.
Sophie Hannah
The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.
Chad Harbach
Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.
I couldn't resist hiding some historical details and a few clues relevant to the plot and characters of 'A Discovery of Witches'... →
Deborah Harkness
The financial markets tend to be just a backdrop for a novel, for a heist or something that isn't necessarily integral to it. On the whole, I... →
Robert Harris
If I'm in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of... →
Brian Helgeland
It was my angry, Dickensian novel, I suppose. It was cathartic - I expended a lot of frustration on that one.
Richard Helms
I resist when someone calls me a novelist: it implies some kind of inherent superiority of the novel. I'm not a novelist, I'm a writer.
Aleksandar Hemon
'Annapurna' is a sort of novel. It's a novel, but a true novel.
Maurice Herzog
When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.
Carl Hiaasen