“The novel is a seduction; a reader has to be seduced.” — T. C. Boyle Quote

“The novel is a seduction; a reader has to be seduced.”

“I think the best endings bring you back in rather than close things off with absolute finality. I'm not saying they necessarily have to be ambiguous, but we don't always need to know what happens when everyone wakes up tomorrow morning.”

“You want, as an artist, to be pushing yourself to do what you haven't done before.”

“A novel is about people.”

“I wrote a novel, so now they can call me a novelist. I tell stories; that's it.”

“A good novel is worth more than the best scientific study.”