“Luck took me right out of myself - I read it in one gulp, and it never let me down. Sharp and surprising but always responsible, no tricks for tricks' sake; so satisfying, with its shifting and puzzles. So much fiction turns out to be diversion, in spite of fancy claims, and doesn't really look at anything. Well - this does.” WellsLooksDoeTurnsFictionLet MeClaimsResponsibleLuckSakeTricksFancySpiteSatisfyingSurprisingPuzzlesShiftingDiversionLet Me Down Author:Alice Munro
“Although I do not care for the slogan "art for art's sake", there can be no question that what makes a work of fiction safe from larvae and rust is not its social importance but its art, only its art.” ArtCareSocialFictionSafeImportanceSakeSlogansRust Book:Strong opinions Source: Strong opinions
“To me experimental fiction ultimately is about the experiment and I'm not interested in experiments for their own sake.” FictionSakeExperimentsNot Interested Author:Steve Erickson
“To me experimental fiction ultimately is about the experiment and I'm not interested in experiments for their own sake, and if anything I've always steered a bit clear of that kind of thing, because it seems gimmicky to play around with text rather than do the work of telling a story and creating characters.” IfsKindPlayCharacterStoriesSeemsBitsFictionClearCreatingSakeExperimentsNot InterestedCreating Characters Author:Steve Erickson