I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
“The whole of life did not consist in going to bed with a woman, he thought, returning to Scott and Balzac, to… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
You can't have a novel without real, believable people, and once you get into either too theoretical a novel or too philosophical… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Indigestion was designed by God to impose morality on stomachs." Our entire lives explained in one French novel.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
