#novel

The intermittent depression that had shadowed him throughout his adult life was about to envelop him once again. ↗

— Erik Larson

#historical-novel #change

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#i #novel #old #sold #very

I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#course #different #different roles #essentially #form

The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#clear #come #complicated #fight #life

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#been #believe #ever #fondly #granted

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at night, but do not enter into relations. But not for the novel. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#enter #good #hemingway #his #into

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#anesthetic #confidence #fallen #feeling #get

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#good #more #novel #scientific #scientific study

An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#does #faith #fashion #follow #latest

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#novelty #originality #sincerity