#novels

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All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.


Michael Chabon


#cliche #novels #originality #writing #influence

The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.


Nicholas Sparks


#novel

Roschach's Journal: October 12th, 1985 Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No.


Alan Moore


#graphic-novels #the-watchmen #dog

None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with YOU. You're locked up in here with ME.


Alan Moore


#novel

Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not interested.’ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: ‘the book is so much better than the film.


Paulo Coelho


#film #films-based-on-novels #novels #readers #film

Oh! And they read English novels! David! Did you ever look into an English novel? Well, do not trouble yourself. It is nothing but a lot of nonsense about girls with fanciful names getting married.


Susanna Clarke


#literature #novels #nonsense

If Alex has chosen you, then I want you to believe that I have chosen you as well.


Nicholas Sparks


#alex

A story conducted by the time of a clock and calendars alone would be a story not of human beings but of mechanical toys.


Mary Lascelles


#clock #novels #stories #art

Mary approaches her before she is able to reach her station. "Hello Lily. Get anything special for Christmas?" "Just the usual." She answers. "Shattered dreams.


Carroll Bryant


#fiction-novel #fictional #love #lovers #lovers-love-story

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.


Nina Bawden


#education #how #i #important #know