Novels Quotes

"I took a speed-reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia." "When you read a novel, your own imagery is formed" "I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with little screenplays and ideas and potential novels." "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid" "All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual" "We live for books" "I guess there are never enough books" "It’s with bad sentiments that one makes good novels." "Novels are a marathon, while screenplays are a sprint" "A movie script is a barebones thing, and publishing a novel is like opening yourself up for criticism and analysis" "Because, if one is writing novels today, fieldwork is more and more a lost art. Take all the time you need, sit down with people, and dig deep. Galaxies may be infinitesimal, but no detail is too small." "It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story." "The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary is that it be interesting."