“The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues - probity, kindness, hard work, sympathy for the down-trodden, the sanctity of domestic life - even as his novels exposed the violence, hypocrisy, greed, and cruelty of the Victorian age.” MenWorldHardAgeKindnessNovelVirtueViolenceHe ManHard WorkGreedCrueltyHypocrisyExposedSanctityVictorianDickensDomestic LifeProbityVictorian Age Author:Robert Gottlieb
“It is so much hard work writing your first novel. You're not even sure that it is possible to do.” WritingFirstsHardNovelHard Work Author:Asa Larsson
“A good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is without a doubt, hard work.” HardNovelDoubtHard WorkFactorsConjunctions Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
“I hope my novels will allow you to become lost in a world totally unlike the actual world we live in. I work hard to make the words evoke particular images, thoughts, feelings, the mystery of relationships.” WorldHardFeelingsLostNovelMysteryParticularHard WorkEvoke Author:Jay Neugeboren
“I'm not conscious of my own themes as I write first drafts, no, and in fact, I work hard to stay in that unconscious space and not ask myself what the novel is about or what my metaphors might mean because then, I think, you're just dead in the water.” ThinkingWritingFirstsMeanHardFactsMightAsksWaterMy OwnSpaceNovelHard WorkConsciousMetaphorThemeUnconscious Author:Laurie Foos
“Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired looking at pictures or reading words.” BookHardReadingNovelHard WorkTiredConstantComicComic BookGraphicGraphic Novels Author:Peter Schjeldahl