#novel

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. ↗

— Stendhal

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So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing. ↗

— George Stephen

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For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story. ↗

— George Stephen

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Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. ↗

— George Stephen

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I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

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I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony, and so they take a job at a less-than-reputable paper. You know, you do what you gotta do. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

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I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away. ↗

— Amy Tan

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Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

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Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel. ↗

— Donna Tartt

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I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for. ↗

— Donna Tartt

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