“Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel.” WritingLostNovelChildhoodIllusionExpectationsTitlesMaturityPassagesThrillClashGreat WritersMotifs Author:Andre Maurois
“A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.” ThreeNovelSceneMajorsThemePlotPassagesAttributesSequenceIndivisibleCharacterization Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.” ShouldBelieveCharacterStoriesMightI BelieveNovelEffectsDevelopmentInvolvedCapableI Believe InComplicatedNewspapersPlotPassagesGood StoryPassage Of Time Author:John Irving
“I guess of all those novels, Don DeLillo's Falling Man is the one I like the best. I thought there were some beautiful things in that, particularly the relationship between the man who finds the briefcase and the woman whose husband owned the briefcase. It's quite a beautiful passage.” MenBeautifulFallNovelHe ManHusbandPassagesBeautiful ThingsBriefcases Author:Paul Auster
“Your interviews or blog posts or whatever are less supplements to your novel than part of it. I'm not private, but I believe in literary form - I'll use my life as material for art (I don't know how not to do this) and I'll use art as a way of exploring that passage of life into art and vice versa, but that's not the same thing as thinking that any of the details of my life are interesting or relevant on their own.” ThinkingKnowsWayBelieveArtUseFormI BelieveInterestingNovelKnow HowMaterialsVicesDetailsI Believe InPostsInterviewsPassagesRelevantExploringBlogsVice VersaSupplements Author:Ben Lerner
“I wanted my first novel to be a veritable infarct of narrative cloggers-the trick being to feel your way through each clog by blowing it up until its obstructiveness finally reveals not blank mass but unlooked-for seepage points of passage.” WayFeelsFirstsWantedNovelMassTricksNarrativePassagesBlankBlowing It Book:U and I: A True Story Source: U and I: A True Story
“I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is almost as central to the novel as a major minor character, the passage of time and its effect on the characters in the story.” CharacterStoriesNovelFansEffectsCenturyMajorsDrivenPassagesMinors19th CenturyPassage Of TimeMinor Characters Author:John Irving
“I loved reading historical novels when I was young, but I definitely don't think I wrote one. When I read my book through, when it was completely done and in printed galleys, I was surprised by how uninterested in the passage of time and history the book seemed to be. Even though you can feel it all there, that's just not what it's focused on.” ThinkingFeelsBookDoneYoungReadingNovelHistoricalFocusedPassagesPrintedPassage Of TimeUninterestedHistorical Novels Author:Danielle Dutton
“Even my novels offer passages in which the major character is imagined as a writer. In Joss and Gold, Li An is a business writer who edits her company's weekly public relations magazine. And in Sister Swing, Suyin writes human interest stories for a free, local community paper, The Asian Time.” WritingHumansCharacterStoriesInterestCommunityCompanyNovelOffersPaperMajorsGoldRelationLocalsMagazinesPassagesSwingsAsianEditsPublic RelationsLocal Community Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim