#novel

I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels. ↗

— Lou Reed

#level #like #novels #opera #plays

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. ↗

— Matthew Vaughn

#big budget #books #budget #comic #comic books

Now as a musician, if you have it within you, you can create your own reality. Believe me, it's a novelty. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#create #me #musician #novelty #now

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. ↗

— Carl Rogers

#creative #essence #hence #judge #novelty

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write. ↗

— James Rollins

#after #critique #fiction #first #group

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark. ↗

— James Rollins

#bit #ends #go #history #i

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#novels #reader #stick #teeth

Sometimes I - I try not to read too many fiction or novels. ↗

— John Mica

#i #many #novels #read #sometimes

I'm not a novelty act from the '80s in most parts of the world. ↗

— George Michael

#i #most #novelty #parts #world

What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That's what their substance is. ↗

— Jonathan Miller

#does #interesting #literature #made #makes