Quotes and sayings about tag  novels

7 Quotes

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.

Flannery O'Connor

No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o’clock news, the mumblings of wild men saddled by demons.

Ishmael Reed

I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any.

Jean Rhys

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

Khaled Hosseini

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.

Shannon L. Alder

Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.

Lauren Oliver

A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.

Lorrie Moore

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