I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Edith Wharton
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective. Edward Teller
One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film. Stanley Kubrick
When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. Ernest Hemingway
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. Henry James
Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. George Sand