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But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.


Jilly Cooper


#better #bill #book #finish #god

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun.


Nicolaus Copernicus


#absurdity #apparent #because #begun #carefully

When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.


Carson Daly


#cheap #course #greatest #had #history

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.


Nelson DeMille


#find #go #helpless #novelist #out

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.


Roddy Doyle


#i #i write #idea #itself #know

A story conducted by the time of a clock and calendars alone would be a story not of human beings but of mechanical toys.


Mary Lascelles


#clock #novels #stories #art

Mary approaches her before she is able to reach her station. "Hello Lily. Get anything special for Christmas?" "Just the usual." She answers. "Shattered dreams.


Carroll Bryant


#fiction-novel #fictional #love #lovers #lovers-love-story

People have incredible nerve to do terrible things, but never actually admit to them.


Henry Mosquera


#fiction #novel #quotes #sleeper-s-run #thriller

I didn't know that once you've proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you'll never be free again.


Steve Hamilton


#mystery #suspense #thriller #thriller

If the US is a human melting pot, then Eastern Europe is a scrap yard.


Péter Zilahy


#dark-humour #dictatorship #novel #dictatorship






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