“I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.” ThinkingFormLiteratureEnjoyExpressionCinemaNovelistsLove Literature Author:Julia Leigh
“People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing about their lives, because it's difficult to conceive that there's a great imaginary life in which you can participate.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingBelieveDifficultFictionImagineEasierMemoirNovelistsImaginaryImagine ThatImaginary Life Author:Mark Leyner
“The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.” ThinkingBookFactsAgeAttentionAssumingNovelistsThis Day Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or library, calculate how many lifetimes the average person would need to read all the fiction contained therein. To think that one has anything to contribute, to any genre or tradition, takes genuine hubris.” ThinkingNeedsWritingPersonsSelfWould BeWalksFictionIgnoranceEqualTraditionTasksLifetimeLibraryAverageGenuineGenreNovelistsArroganceBookstoresAverage PersonHubris Author:Laura Lippman