#novel

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

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Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#costs #disparity #exactly #film #his way

I wonder why there is a designated hitter in baseball after all these years? As an experiment, it seemed like a swell enough idea, but you would think the novelty would have worn off by now and everyone would get back to playing baseball. ↗

— Jay Mohr

#back #baseball #designated #enough #everyone

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

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I binge write. I think it's because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

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Writing in a near frenzy is wonderful and freeing, but for me, it did not result in a nice, shiny novel. Instead, what I have is a mess. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#freeing #frenzy #i #instead #me

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

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