492 Quotes About Novels

Many novels and modern publications are corrupters of morals or distorters of truth.

When I was writing 'The Luminaries,' I read a lot of crime novels because I wanted to figure out which ones made me go, 'Ah! I didn't know that was coming!'

Spy novels are traditionally about lone wolves, but how many people actually live like that?

All my novels are about people who strive to heal and evolve.

'The Mortal Instruments' is based on a series of novels by Cassandra Clare; it has been a New York Times bestseller, so it is pretty popular.

I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I realized that my favorite part of fiction had always been the relationship aspect.

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world.

I actually think that short stories transfer to film much better than novels do.

I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described.