Top Novel Quotes

  • After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty? – Umberto Eco

    After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty?– Umberto Eco

  • But if you needed to HAVE AN IDEA, boredom could be to a roadblocked novel what chemotherapy was to a cancer patient. – Stephen King

    But if you needed to HAVE AN IDEA, boredom could be to a roadblocked novel what chemotherapy was to a cancer patient.– Stephen King

  • You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you’re writing. – Gene Wolfe

    You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you’re writing.– Gene Wolfe

  • Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant. – Iain Banks

    Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant.– Iain Banks

  • It was a dark and stormy night. . .perfect for staying indoors and writing a novel! – Sandra Kopp

    It was a dark and stormy night. . .perfect for staying indoors and writing a novel!– Sandra Kopp

  • If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads. – Ann Patchett

    If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.– Ann Patchett

  • There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are. – W Somerset Maugham

    There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.– W Somerset Maugham

  • Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Skip the bowls of fruit and statues. Let the page flick your thumbs. This is His spoken word. – ND Wilson

    Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Skip the bowls of fruit and statues. Let the page flick your thumbs. This is His spoken word.– ND Wilson

  • … the novel, arguably the author’s best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile. – Roberto Bolao

    … the novel, arguably the author’s best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.– Roberto Bolao

  • Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn’t it? – Patricia Cornwell

    Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn’t it?– Patricia Cornwell