Novelists tend to go off at 70, and I'm in a funk about it, I've got myself into a real paranoid funk about it, how the talent dies before the body. Martin Amis bodyfunkhave Change image and share on social
Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect. Paolo Bacigalupi 000connectcopy Change image and share on social
Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author. Jonathan Dee authorexperimentkind Change image and share on social
Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing. Joan Didion noveloriginalpainting Change image and share on social
Novels are make-believe and play for adults. Mohsin Hamid adultmakenovel Change image and share on social
Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader. Dani Shapiro essayfavoritegravitate Change image and share on social
Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself. Zadie Smith beautifulbellclever Change image and share on social
Novels are nothing but evolution, but there does come a point when that stops, and the story is sealed within the pages of the book. That doesn't happen with a play. Even performances are different every night. Sarah Waters bookevolutionhappen share on social
Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting. Charles Stross areacreativeheavy Change image and share on social
