A novel is a big thing. It's difficult to hold the whole story in your mind, especially when you've finished a first draft and are still giddy from the flow of creative juices. David Macinnis Gill bigcreativedifficult Change image and share on social
A novel is a collision of ideas. Three or four threads may be floating around in the writer's consciousness, and at a single moment in time, these ideas collide and produce a novel. Anita Shreve collidecollisionconsciousness Change image and share on social
A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot. Maggie Stiefvater authorconversationlot Change image and share on social
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire. Pat Conroy actbegincarpentry share on social
A novel is a journey into your own soul, and you seek there to discover those things that you share with all others. Richard Flanagan discoverjourneyseek Change image and share on social
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. Stendhal carrymainmirror Change image and share on social
A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one. Kenneth Tynan dynamicmovepast Change image and share on social
A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression. Fyodor Dostoevsky impressionorderpoetry Change image and share on social
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. Saul Bellow balancecallfalse Change image and share on social