“The Brightwood Stillness is a novel I could not put down. On the surface, it is the lives of normal people in trying circumstances. Deeper, it is an uncannily perceptive exploration of male psychology… Pomeroy is a brave new voice capable of taking us beyond the clichés of war and its aftermath and into the secret heart of every man. This is simply the best novel I’ve read in a long time.” PeopleMenTryingHeartLongWarVoiceSecretNovelPsychologyCircumstancesNormalCapableLong TimeBraveMalesDeeperSurfaceEvery ManExplorationStillnessAftermathBest Novel Author:Andrew X. Pham
“My novels tend to take a long time to become exactly what they're going to be. They're fluid messes until I've done a ton of editing and refining and rewriting. When I write novels, I always make related scrapbooks to help me organize and test my intentions.” WritingLongDoneHelpingNovelLong TimeTestsIntentionMessRelatedHelp MeEditingOrganizeFluidRewritingRefining Author:Dennis Cooper
“I was very afraid to write a novel - it was a dream for a very long time, and it was one of the few things that I was afraid to try.” WritingTryingLongDreamNovelLong Time Author:Melissa Marr
“You can get rid of the column. It's a little like staying at a hotel; you get used to the shape of the room, and then you're gone. With a novel you move into town and stay for a long time. That's both comforting and terrifying.” LittlesLongMovingUsedRoomsNovelGoneShapesLong TimeTownsHotelStayingComfortingColumns Author:Anna Quindlen
“When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages.” WritingLongCharacterStoriesNovelPagesLong TimeShort Story Author:Ruskin Bond
“When I write a book I'm always questioning the project as a whole. I always feel I might have to just throw it away and forget about it, and I've done that with novels I've started and worked on for a long time. It's an option I need in order to write freely.” NeedsFeelsWritingLongBookDoneWholeMightOrderForgetNovelProjectsLong TimeQuestioning Author:Daniel Kehlmann
“For a really long time [before writing the novel], I was watching a lot of serial killer movies and I started to wonder if this was a trend and if other people were doing the same thing. That's what happens when you suddenly have a critical perspective on your own behavior.” PeopleIfsWritingLongHappensWonderNovelPerspectiveBehaviorLong TimeCriticalTrendsKillersSerialsSerial KillerReally Long Author:Lucy Corin
“There's also an immediacy to everything that has changed everybody's expectations. Now if I can't get a hold of somebody on their cell phone I'm, like, angry with them. And in my mind, all the things that I really value in terms of art, really good novels or films or comics, I know they all take a long, long time to create, and they take a lot of concentration and dedication...and I just feel like the training for that is becoming more and more rare when people are used to seeing things like YouTube clips, and being able to acquire things instantly.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsMindLongArtI CanAbleFilmUsedValuesTermNovelSeeingChangedLike YouBecomingLong TimeTrainingExpectationsAngryPhonesCellsAcquireConcentrationDedicationYoutubeCell PhoneBecoming MoreClipImmediacy Author:Adrian Tomine
“I have lived for a long time inside a series of coincidences that most people would find implausible in a novel.” PeopleLongNovelLong TimeSeriesCoincidence Author:Alexander Chee
“Most books germinate within you for a long time before they are ready to come out. I wrote several drafts of the novel over many years and when I finally got to the last one, it didn't take much time.” YearsLongBookLastsNovelReadyLong TimeWithin You Author:Pankaj Mishra
“When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you've been reading novels for a long time.” KnowsLongReadingNovelLong TimeReading Novels Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.” LongTwoSeemsThreeNovelLong TimeTake Me Author:Michael Helm