“The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.” FirstsNovelFinishedOpeningTrilogiesBayou Author:Daniel Woodrell
“Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.” NeedsNovelTvsDramaOpeningArresting Author:Andrew Davies
“Every novel is-at the beginning-the same opening of a door onto a completely unknown space.” SpaceNovelDoorsOpening Author:Margaret Atwood
“I don't think a novel's main donation, main gift, is the document. The document is there, but a novel goes beyond documentation. It goes into opening a new vista, opening a new perspective, showing familiar things in an unfamiliar way, and making the reader reconsider the documentary facts which he or she may have known before.” ThinkingWayMayFactsKnownNovelPerspectiveReaderFamiliarOpeningDocumentsDocumentariesUnfamiliarDonationVistasDocumentationNew PerspectiveFamiliar Things Author:Amos Oz