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Great Novels Quotes

Milan Kundera quote: "Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their..."
Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors. Milan Kundera
A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so. Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels - the biggest sin is to be blind to others' problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence. Azar Nafisi
All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries. Jeremy Northam
Milan Kundera quote: "All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual."
All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual. Milan Kundera
The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way. Stephen Rea
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "All great novels are great fairy tales."
All great novels are great fairy tales. Vladimir Nabokov
Virginia Woolf's great novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway,' is the first great book I ever read. I read it almost by accident when I was in high school, when I was 15 years old. Michael Cunningham
They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women. John O'Hara
John Gardner quote: "One has to be just a little crazy to write a great novel"
One has to be just a little crazy to write a great novel John Gardner
Do we consider that anything goes, that we have no responsibility towards others but only for satisfying our needs? Well, that is the crux of the great novels xxx - the question of doing what is right or what we want to do. Azar Nafisi
A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil. Azar Nafisi
One must be just a little crazy to write a great novel. One must be capable of allowing the darkest, most ancient and shrewd parts of one’s being to take over the work from time to time. John Gardner
Julien Green quote: "A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel."
A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel. Julien Green
Carlos Fuentes quote: "There are now 30-year-old Mexican writers who do great novels..."
There are now 30-year-old Mexican writers who do great novels in which Mexico isn't even mentioned. Carlos Fuentes
Andre Maurois quote: "The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its..."
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. Andre Maurois

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