“In my view the plangent artificiality of a lot of creative work results from the fact that the people who write novels, direct films and put on plays tend to read too many novels, watch too many films and go to too many plays.” PeopleWritingPlayFactsFilmResultsViewsWatchesNovelCreativeDirectCreative WorkArtificiality Author:Will Self
“Small pictures since the Renaissance are like novels; large pictures are like dramas in which one participates in a direct way.” WayNovelDramaDirectParticipationRenaissance Book:Black paintings Source: Black paintings
“Between Malraux, Balzac, and Montaigne, I choose Montaigne. Montaigne will survive all the others, because the essay, meaning direct communication between the writer and his reader, will outlast the novel, by at least a thousand years.” YearsNovelCommunicationReaderThousandDirectThousand YearsEssaysBalzacDirect Communication Author:Gore Vidal
“The correlations between real life experience and the storylines in novels are never as direct or simple as they might seem.” RealSeemsMightSimpleNovelDirectReal LifeLife ExperienceCorrelationStorylineReal Life Experiences Author:Ayana Mathis
“That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story - to write the novel and then direct the movie.” WritingStoriesDreamNovelDirect Author:Stephen Chbosky
“I don't see the direct correlation between my personal life and the novel I'm writing until I'm at the end of the novel or very close to it.” WritingEndsNovelDirectPersonal LifeCorrelation Author:Laurie Foos