“I had been virtually a Unitarian (as I still am) but without knowing it. The experience of being among Unitarians who did know what they were, and attached much importance to it, was entirely novel to me, but I soon fell into their ways and found it easy to go forward on their road, the more so because the other roads became closed to me.” KnowsWayStillsFoundEasyNovelKnowingImportanceUnitarian Author:L. P. Jacks
“My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance.” CharacterAgeVoiceViewsFictionNovelCenturyEqualImportanceGoldenNarrativeExcellent19th CenturyGolden Age Author:Joanna Trollope
“For even satire is a form of sympathy. It is the way our sympathy flows and recoils that really determines our lives. And here lies the vast importance of the novel, properly handled. It can inform and lead into new places our sympathy away in recoil from things gone dead. Therefore the novel, properly handled, can reveal the most secret places of life: for it is the passional secret places of life, above all, that the tide of sensitive awareness needs to ebb and flow, cleansing and freshening.” WayNeedsFormLyingLiteratureSecretNovelGoneOur LivesAwarenessFlowImportanceDetermineSensitiveSatireSympathyTidesCleansingNew PlacesEbb And FlowRecoilSecret Places Book:Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'
“Any novel of importance has a purpose. If only the "purpose" be large enough, and not at outs with the passional inspiration.” IfsEnoughInspirationPurposePassionLiteratureNovelMoralityImportance Book:Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays Source: Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays
“(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.” SelfStoriesFormNovelImportanceShort StorySelf-importance Author:Joseph O'Connor
“I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways.” WayWritingCharacterWishNovelHonestyIdentityImportanceAssNovel Writing Author:Kiese Laymon