“I've no objection to the term 'graphic novel,' as long as what it is talking about is actually some sort of graphic work that could conceivably be described as a novel. My main objection to the term is that usually it means a collection of six issues of Spider-Man, or something that does not have the structure or any of the qualities of a novel, but is perhaps roughly the same size.” MenMeanLongDoeTermQualityTalkingNovelIssuesSixStructureSizeCollectionsSpidersGraphicObjectionsSpider ManGraphic Novels Author:Alan Moore
“History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it.” MomentsCharacterTalkingNovelEnvironmentSociological Author:Paul Auster
“As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment they became successful, that was all they were allowed to do. So you end up talking to the bestselling science-fiction author who wrote a historical-fiction novel that everybody loved, but no one would publish.” PeopleEndsMomentsFictionTalkingNovelCreativeSuccessfulDirectorsScience FictionHistoricalAwfulJournalistHistorical FictionPublishCreative PeopleFiction Novels Author:Neil Gaiman
“Douglas Adams did not enjoy writing, and he enjoyed it less as time went on. He was a bestselling, acclaimed, and much-loved novelist who had not set out to be a novelist, and who took little joy in the process of crafting novels. He loved talking to audiences. He liked writing screenplays. He liked being at the cutting edge of technology and inventing” WritingLittlesJoyProcessEnjoyTalkingTechnologyNovelAudienceCuttingEdgesEnjoyedNovelistsScreenplaysInventingCutting Edge Book:The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Source: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“I could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels.” TalkingNovelProfessors Author:William Safire
“I had no idea Savage Season was the beginning of a series. I wrote the second one about three years later. The character of Hap wouldn't stop talking to me, and then there was a third, and over the years nine novels and a collection of stories and some uncollected stories.” YearsIdeasCharacterStoriesThreeTalkingNovelThirdsSeasonsSeriesNineNo IdeaCollectionsThree YearsSavages Author:Joe R. Lansdale