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It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway.


Norman Mailer


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If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.


David Mamet


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I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I'll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous.


Patrick Marber


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In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science.


Kenny Marchant


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In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.


Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.


Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.


Yann Martel


#image #least #movie #novelist #page

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.


Yann Martel


#life #novel #simple #very #write

I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster.


Marlee Matlin


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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.


W. Somerset Maugham


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