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“I love the novel of 'The English Patient'; I think it's a profoundly beautiful novel. I love the movie of 'The English Patient'; I think it's a profoundly beautiful movie. And they're totally different. You accept each on its own terms, and that's kind of the ideal.”

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Author:Ayelet Waldman

“For me, the goal is always to write a novel that I myself would like to read. People frequently ask me what my favorite book is, and in effect, there's always a capital-F Favorite, capital-B Book that I would like to write myself someday. I try to go for that ideal of writing the best, most entertaining, most beautifully written book that I possibly can.”

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Author:Michael Chabon

“So long as a novelist works selfishly for the pleasure of creating character and situation corresponding to his own illusions, ideals and intuitions, he will always produce something worth while and natural. Directly he takes himself too seriously and begins for the alleged benefit of humanity an elaborate dissection of complexes, he evolves a book that is more ridiculous and tiresome than the most conventional cold cream girl novel of yesterday.”

Source: Willa Cather in person: interviews, speeches, and letters

“My first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that changed my life at an ideal time.”

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Author:Brian Hodge

“I'm my own "ideal reader" in the sense that I write novels that I would want to read.”

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Author:Steve Erickson

“It is important for me to discover the ideal title, for without this title the story or novel isn't quite in focus.”

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Author:Joyce Carol Oates