Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history. — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
“His thoughts were hemmed in. One can only draw curved lines on the terrestrial sphere which, as they extend, forever meet with themselves. At… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing,… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey. — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein. — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
“He wanted to be content with an identity nicely chopped into pieces of varying lengths, but whose character was always similar, without dyeing it… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
The poet is never inspired, because he is the master of that which appears to others as inspiration. He does not wait for inspiration… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
“Rules cease to exist once they have outlived their value, but forms live on eternally. There are forms of the novel which impose on… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share
