#novels

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets. ↗

— Spike Lee

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If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of very necessary experience. ↗

— Brian Lumley

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I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

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You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

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It always strikes me how almost unbelievably bad are the early versions of my novels. ↗

— Nicholas Mosley

#always #bad #early #how #me

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure. ↗