James Salter has talents on the page we novelists would sell souls to the devil for. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes devil jame novelist
I wander around the house and write in bed, at the kitchen table, by the window, in the yard. Sarah Hall bedhousekitchen Change image and share on social
It's taken me 15 years to feel I might be able to write and publish short stories, and for the assiduous checks of the industry to allow some through. Sarah Hall assiduouscheckfeel Change image and share on social
I don't see that books can be written without political context - not if they're relevant and ambitious. Sarah Hall ambitiousbookcontext 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
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Thomas Carlyle dailydevilfact Change image and share on social
James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. Ken Follett amusebondcigarette Change image and share on social