“I find that most novels are not good all the way through. A story can ...” — Max Apple Quote

“I find that most novels are not good all the way through. A story can be good all the way through, every sentence.”

“Everything always interests me.”

“A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness.”

“Personally, I'm a big reader, and I've never wanted any of my favorite novels to be made into movies.”

“Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.”

“I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.”