“If there's anything Trollope novels always take seriously, it is money - how it flows from one character to another, how it is managed, who has it, who deserves it, and what it means to a character, male or female.” IfsMeanCharacterNovelDeserveFemaleFlowMales Author:Jane Smiley
“I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.” ThinkingKnowsArtStoriesFormNovelDeserveShort StoryUnderrated Author:Neil Gaiman
“I am persuaded that not a novel in ten thousand is of any use to a child to fit him for life. The most are of use only to unfit him -- to blunt his senses and infect him with the writers' poor silly sentiments. Nine out of ten novelists deserve to be prosecuted under an Adulterated Emotions Act.” ChildrenUsePoorEmotionNovelFitThousandTenDeserveSillySensesNineNovelistsSentimentsBlunt Author:Storm Jameson
“Katherine Heiny's work does something magical: elevates the mundane so that it has the stakes of a mystery novel, gives women's interior lives the gravity they so richly deserve -- and makes you laugh along the way.” WayGivingDoeNovelLaughingMysteryDeserveStakesGravityInteriorsMundaneMake You LaughMystery Novels Author:Lena Dunham