“I have this prejudice that trilogies are long, three-volume novels.” LongThreeNovelPrejudiceVolumeTrilogies Author:William Gibson
“When I start writing novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry, rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters.” IfsWritingCharacterSpiritNovelPrejudiceInquiryGood Character Author:Ruth Ozeki
“It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of prejudice or discomfort with female characters, but rather by the demands of the narrative.” MenCharacterHappensNovelDemandMajorsFemalePrejudiceNarrativeRunnersDiscomfortFemale CharactersKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I think overtly political novels - those that never transcend or contest their author's conscious intentions and prejudices - are problematic. This is not just true of the innumerable unread books in the socialist realist tradition, but also of novels that carry the burden of conservative ideologies, like Guerrillas, Naipaul's worst book, where the author's disgust for a certain kind of black activist and white liberal is overpowering.” ThinkingKindBookPoliticalCertainBlackWhiteNovelWorstConsciousTraditionPrejudiceIntentionConservativeBurdenIdeologyActivistDisgustingSocialistContestsRealistOverpoweringGuerrillasUnread Books Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Once you get past the grand normative claims made in the West for literature, especially the novel, in the post-Christian era - that it is a secular substitute for religion, hallmark of modern civilization, a priori liberal and cosmopolitan, with authors appearing to implicitly embody such pious ideals - you encounter a less agreeable reality: parochialism, blinkered views, even racial prejudices of the kind the bourgeoisie have held everywhere.” KindMadeRealityChristianPastLiteratureViewsNovelModernCivilizationIdealsClaimsPrejudiceWestErasPostsEncountersSubstitutesSecularAppearingPiousHallmarkBourgeoisieRacial PrejudiceModern CivilizationParochialism Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I feel that Pride and Prejudice is an incredibly well constructed novel on every level. The dialogue is great. The character development is great. The plotting is great. The pacing is great. The language is great.” CharacterLanguageNovelPridePrejudiceDialogueCharacter Development Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“As the tide of feminism that crested two decades ago recedes and the old advance-and-retreat games of courtship return, "Pride & Prejudice" speaks wistfully to the moment. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are tantalizing early prototypes for a Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy ideal of lovers as brainy, passionate sparring partners. That the world teems with fantasies of Mr. Darcy and his ilk there is no doubt. How many of his type are to be found outside the pages of a novel, however, is another matter.” WorldTwoMatterMomentsRomanceFoundGamesSpeakFantasyNovelDoubtFeminismPrideTypeReturnLoversPagesIdealsDatingPrejudicePassionateDecadesPartnersNo DoubtTidesRetreatCourtshipPrototypeHepburnDarcyTracySparringTantalizingSparring Partner Author:Stephen Holden
“When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.” WritingFirstsIdeasStoriesSongTurnsLiteratureMusicNovelPrejudiceBiased Author:Irvine Welsh
“In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.” PeopleProblemTodayBlackDealsNovelPrejudiceBritainBlack People Author:Buchi Emecheta
“I've always been intrigued with the male characters in novels like 'Pride and Prejudice' such as Mr. Darcy, and this poem is part of a series of poems that explore desire and obsessions. The poems have been sitting in a drawer for a few years, so I decided to dust them off and work on them again since I have not written a new poem in more than three years. I'm not sure anything will become of the series, but at least it gives me something to work on in a period where I feel very uncreative.” GivingFeelsYearsHas BeensCharacterDesireThreeNovelWrittenPridePeriodsSittingDecidedGive MePrejudiceSeriesMalesObsessionDustNot SureThree YearsIntriguedDrawersDarcy Author:Victoria Chang