“I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all of my friends were good girls too, and my boyfriends were good boys. Everybody was pretty nice. And that affects how I write my characters. There aren't very many bad guys in my novels.” WritingCharacterGuyGirlCommunityBoysNovelNiceGrewGrew UpMy FriendsExpectedExceptionBad GuysMy BoyfriendGood GirlGood Boy Author:Stephenie Meyer
“Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as no empirical law can ever be, philosophers have discovered that they are not absolutely novel - instead, they are tautological.” IfsMayLawRoomsResultsNovelMathematicsPhilosopherMathematicalException Author:Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
“With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot.” NovelToo MuchSacrificeExceptionPlotAltars Book:Reality Hunger Source: Reality Hunger
“To tell you the truth, I'm not unhappy about it. I'm not even sure that I like the idea of adapting novels into films. It's very difficult to do, and it usually doesn't work. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, one feels disappointed with the result.” FeelsIdeasFilmDifficultResultsNovelUnhappyExceptionDisappointedAdapting Author:Paul Auster
“Nothing moves around, it just goes straight from the start to the end. The final draft on the final day, that's it, same for the novels. What I turn in is what you see. There are some exceptions, but almost always I can see exactly what it's going to be.” I CanEndsMovingTurnsNovelFinalsException Author:T.C. Boyle
“The place of my novels is Israel, almost without exception. All of them take place in Israel - in Jerusalem, in the desert, in the kibbutz, in small towns, in villages.” NovelTownsIsraelDesertExceptionVillageSmall TownJerusalem Author:Amos Oz
“Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well.” KnowsWellsNovelIsraelExceptionRooted Author:Amos Oz