Novels are pirated all the time, but it's hard to imagine that you're at work and you open up the attachment that your brother sent you and it's the new Phillip Roth novel. Adam Mansbach attachmentbrotherhard Change image and share on social
Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and that's kind of a relief. I really like balancing the two. Aimee Bender balancekindnovel Change image and share on social
Novels are such mysterious and amorphous and tender things. Arundhati Roy amorphousmysteriousnovel Change image and share on social
Novels are the means by which we can escape the moment we are imprisoned in, but at the same time, the roots of a novel are in the world in which it is written. We write, and we read, to understand the world we live in. Romesh Gunesekera escapeimprisonlive share on social
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel dialoguefleeform Change image and share on social
Novels aren't pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline. A novel has to be an emotional experience, a trip of the imagination, and because science has raised so many issues that concern and affect humans, it's a good starting place for me. Alan Lightman affectconcerndiscipline share on social
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character. Sue Monk Kidd attemptcharacterconvey Change image and share on social
Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite. Beverly Cleary britishcomputereconomy share on social
Novels demand a certain complexity of narrative and scope, so it's necessary for the characters to change. Maria Semple changecharactercomplexity Change image and share on social
Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do. Cory Doctorow criticalfindhead Change image and share on social
