Five Great Quotations about Novels

“On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.” - Penelope Fitzgerald

“No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o’clock news, the mumblings of wild men saddled by demons.” - Ishmael Reed

“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.” - G.K. Chesterton

“When I want to read a novel, I write one.” - Benjamin Disraeli

“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.” - Lorrie Moore

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