Reading Novels

I have learned as

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have from reading novels. The understatements in the tenor saxophone of Lester Young, the crystal, haunting, forever searching sounds of John Coltrane, and the softness and violence of Count Basie’s big band – all have … Read more

I have learned as

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels. Ernest Gaines

the slight sense of

the slight sense of degeneracy induced by reading novels before luncheon Elizabeth Bowen

Radio is the medium

Radio is the medium that most closely approximates the experience of reading. As a novelist, I find it very exciting to be able to reach people who might not ever pick up one of my books, either because they can’t afford it (as is often the case in Latin America), or because they just don’t … Read more

I have to say

I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels, how to arrange stories, how to juxtapose things. Dana Spiotta

I like reading novels

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. Claire Danes

I like reading novels

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it’s an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting. Claire Danes

To keep an active

To keep an active mind, I find that reading novels is really good. Alison Pill

When you read a

When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you’ve been reading novels for a long time. Alejandro Zambra