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title: "4 Novel Medium Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Film as a medium, like a novel as a medium, possesses a unique ability to communicate. Film is capable of communicating in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bennett-miller/film-as-a-medium-like-a-novel-as-a-medium-possesses-a-unique-ability/)

[Bennett Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bennett-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/bennett-miller-7493_ability_film-as-a-medium-like-a-novel-as-a-mediu_1038124.jpg)

> [It seems to me that the novel as a medium has a very low signal-to-noise ratio. By which I mean: there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/it-seems-to-me-that-the-novel-as-a-medium-has-a-very-low-signal-to/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/lev-grossman-747_books_it-seems-to-me-that-the-novel-as-a-mediu_2048028.png)

> [I try to approach the film medium as a novelist and the novel medium as a filmmaker on some level. It's that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/i-try-to-approach-the-film-medium-as-a-novelist-and-the-novel-medium/)

[Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/)

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> [“The novel is a medium of profoundly serious investigation into the human case.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/the-novel-is-a-medium-of-profoundly-serious-investigation-into-the/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

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