“You come out of the gate, you've got something new, you're subversive, nobody's ever done it before. But by your fifth novel and your fourth literary prize and your house in the country, can you really claim to be subversive?” CountryDoneHouseNovelPrizeSomething NewGates Author:Daniel Mendelsohn
“I would argue, for perspective's sake, that the arc of a really literary work is precisely that it both intensely reflects, and simultaneously transcends the conditions of its making. I would say that is the difference between literature and other kinds of writing. That is what the literary is - it ultimately doesn't matter what his circumstances were. And the thing that you were just saying about being sympathetic to Brontë and the fact that she could only write what she wrote when she wrote it... that's true. But look at that novel, which means so much to so many people.” PeopleWritingKindMeanLiteratureNovelCircumstancesArguingSympatheticJust Saying Author:Daniel Mendelsohn
“We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are great writers don't have to write novels anymore.” PeopleWritingInterestingNovelGreat Writers Author:Daniel Mendelsohn
