I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes accessible novelist popular
Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us. Douglas Kennedy alivelargepay Change image and share on social
With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum. Douglas Kennedy bitebookforward share on social
From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals. Douglas Kennedy accessibledoubtgraham Change image and share on social
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it. Pamela Sargent businessconnectdeal share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
I found during my time covering the NHL that the enforcers were some of the most accessible guys and the most low-key guys. I think that's somewhat of a natural thing. I don't know if that's because it's the big guy that everybody fears, and then you're sort of surprised and taken by the fact that he's actually a nice guy. John Branch accessiblebigcover share on social