“Novels help us to resist the temptation to think of the past as deficient.”
Source: Conversations with Ian McEwan
“Novels help us to resist the temptation to think of the past as deficient.”
“I think the novel, its business is the investigation of human nature.”
“Writing a novel resembles a journey with only the sketchiest of maps.”
“I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.”