“Thackeray's a good writer and Flaubert is a great artist. Trollope is a good writer and Dickens is a great artist. Colette is a very good writer and Proust is a great artist. Katherine Anne Porter was an extremely good writer and Willa Cather was a great artist.” Charles DickensMarcel ProustGustave FlaubertWilla CatherAnthony TrollopeKatherine Anne PorterSidonie Gabrielle ColetteWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Book:Conversations with Capote Source: Conversations with Capote