#nov

I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you pretty much get to do the first, second and third draft yourself without a whole lot of interference. ↗

— John Sayles

#first #get #getting #got #i

Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#earth #end #god #kingdom #novels

To those like Mitt Romney who want to take us backwards, let's send a strong message in November: as we say in Brooklyn, 'Fuhgeddaboutit.' ↗

— Charles Schumer

#brooklyn #like #message #mitt #mitt romney

Small businesses are vital contributors to our economy. They are the economic engine that is creating jobs, exploring innovation, and expanding opportunities for Americans in every community across the Nation. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

#businesses #community #contributors #creating #economic

You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all experience. Let life pour through you the way light pours through leaves. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#novelist #write #writer #experience

What hasn’t she done to me? She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met in my entire life. She has a passion about other people’s happiness that is simply inspiring. She rose from her own ashes and became an even better person when most would have stayed in the dark,” I tell her, looking straight into her eyes. “And when she dances, sings or plays an instrument…she’s a completely out of this world artist and I can’t take my eyes…and hands off her, ↗

— Danielle-Claude Ngontang Mba

#romance-novel #beauty

Low-wage jobs have gone offshore. We need to innovate to stay competitive. ↗

— Jeanne Shaheen

#gone #innovate #jobs #need #offshore

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ↗

— Peter Shaffer

#detective story #did #first #i #my own

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#different #even #every #might #novelist

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody. ↗