Quotes About Novel

After all, the fundamental question of philosophy (like that of psychoanalysis) is the same as the question of the detective novel: who is guilty?

And since I wanted you to feel as pleasurable the one thing that frightens us—namely, the metaphysical shudder—I had only to choose (from among the model plots) the most metaphysical and philosophical: the detective novel.

But evidence is not enough for those who want to live in a horror novel.

Descubrí, pues, que una novela no tiene nada que ver, en principio, con las palabras. Escribir una novela es una tarea cosmológica, como la que se cuenta en el Génesis (ya decía Woody Allen que los modelos hay que saber elegirlos).

On the front cover of Newsweek reviews A House for Mr. Biswas as a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power.

The novel is part of that Western concern with the condition of men, a response to the here and now. In India, thoughtful men have preferred to turn their backs on the here and now and to satisfy what President Radhakrishnan calls 'the basic human hunger for the unseen'. It is not a good qualification for the writing and reading of novels.

Grossman, perhaps tiring slightly of journalism, seems to have longed to convey his thoughts and feelings about the war in fictional form. At this stage, when the Soviet Union was fighting for its life, his ideas were very close to that of the Party line. It was only at Stalingrad, a year later, that his view of the Stalinist regime began to change. This outline, may well have formed part of the idea for The People Immortal, his novel written and published the following year...

Indigestion was designed by God to impose morality on stomachs. Our entire lives explained in one French novel.

The two friends set out towards Eve's Apple. It is unnecessary to mention that they had first gathered up the money, and that the archdeacon followed them.

It is a novel constructed like a poem, where each character is only exceptional because if the hyperbolic manner in which he represents generality.

This demonstrates the novel truth—that great events have incalculable consequences.

She was feeling too much right now, and that was dangerous. Being a good psychiatrist was like reading a novel at forty. You needed to keep the words at arm's length or everything became a blur.

You never know if a book is going to succeed or fail, so what matters ultimately is how you feel about it and whether you, the author, are willing to bet the farm on this novel.

The Flame and the Flower

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children. For aside from my evident inability to do anything "great," I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

Clary," Jocelyn said. "I want you to meet Tessa Gray.

In the same year, looking for a diversion from ill-health and overwork, Loudon reviewed a three-volume romance entitled The Mummy's Tale – A Novel, for The Gardener's magazine. Set in 2126, in an England that had reverted to absolute monarchy, this featured prototypes for espresso machines, air-conditioning and, most prophetically, 'a communication system that permitted instant world dissemination of news'.

The Mallen Girl The Mallen Litter FEATURING HAMILTON Hamilton Goodbye Hamilton Harold AS CATHERINE MARCHANT Heritage of Folly The Fen Tiger House of Men The Iron Façade Miss Martha Mary Crawford The Slow Awakening CHILDREN'S Matty Doolin

Someone ought to write a novel about me," said Lebedeva loftily. "I shouldn't care if they lied to make it more interesting, as long as they were good lies, full of kisses and daring escapes and the occasional act of barbarism. I can't abide a poor liar.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

A good novel tells you the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells you the truth about its author.

Sharing our story is one way we create intimacy. And like a good novel, it's more engaging – and lasting – when we allow it to gradually unfold.

Just like a character in a novel, he disappeared suddenly, without leaving the slightest trace behind.