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> [I'm not a sociologist, and the novel has often concerned itself with sociology. It's one of the generating forces that's made fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lethem/i-m-not-a-sociologist-and-the-novel-has-often-concerned-itself-with/)

[Jonathan Lethem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lethem/)

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> [A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate…](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/)

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> [With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celeste-ng/with-the-first-novel-i-was-concerned-i-would-be-pigeon-holed-as-an/)

[Celeste Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celeste-ng/)

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> [As far as the novel is concerned in my own country, I think it's in a pretty healthy state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/as-far-as-the-novel-is-concerned-in-my-own-country-i-think-it-s-in-a/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/william-golding-1233_books_as-far-as-the-novel-is-concerned-in-my-o_2054493.png)

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