---
title: "1 Interior Lives Quotes By Richard Schickel"
description: "1 Interior Lives quotes by Richard Schickel. Plus more from Richard Schickel and more Interior Lives sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/richard-schickel-35324_adaptation_a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-wit_1839221.png"
---

> [A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-with-the-interior-lives-of-its/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/richard-schickel-35324_adaptation_a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-wit_1839221.png)

## More by Richard Schickel

> [A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/a-movie-star-is-not-an-artist-he-is-an-art-object/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [Luck always favors the comely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/luck-always-favors-the-comely/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/the-current-moguls-understand-that-true-media-power-lies-not-in/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [This is a soul under perpetual migraine attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/this-is-a-soul-under-perpetual-migraine-attack/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age and status almost inevitably must pass these days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/there-is-a-limbo-of-the-lost-through-which-american-males-of-a/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/the-law-of-unintended-consequences-pushes-us-ceaselessly-through-the/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [Divorced, not loving their abandoned children as much as they loathe their former wives, directing a combination of need and hostility toward the women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/divorced-not-loving-their-abandoned-children-as-much-as-they-loathe/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [He was the first to conceive of movies as an art form. His belief was that if the traditional art form would not find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/he-was-the-first-to-conceive-of-movies-as-an-art-form-his-belief-was/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [Any dramatic series the producers want us to take seriously as a representationof contemporary reality cannot be taken seriously as a representation ofanything -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/any-dramatic-series-the-producers-want-us-to-take-seriously-as-a/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-with-the-interior-lives-of-its/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/memory-is-the-personal-journalism-of-the-soul/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [He who does not like you will defame you in jest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/he-who-does-not-like-you-will-defame-you-in-jest/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

> [That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/that-common-cold-of-the-male-psyche-fear-of-commitment/)

[Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schickel/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/richard-schickel/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Interior Lives Quotes By Richard Schickel",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Richard Schickel"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schickel/a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-with-the-interior-lives-of-its/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/richard-schickel-35324_adaptation_a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-wit_1839221.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/richard-schickel-35324_adaptation_a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-wit_1839221.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/richard-schickel-35324_adaptation_a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-wit_1839221.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the…” — Richard Schickel",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/richard-schickel/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/richard-schickel/",
            "name": "Interior Lives Quotes by Richard Schickel",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/richard-schickel/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/richard-schickel-35324_adaptation_a-great-novel-is-concerned-primarily-wit_1839221.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Interior Lives quotes by Richard Schickel. Plus more from Richard Schickel and more Interior Lives sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/richard-schickel/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/richard-schickel/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Interior Lives",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Richard Schickel",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interior-lives/richard-schickel/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```