How can we expect novelists to be moral, when their trade forces them to treat every end they meet as no more than an imperfect means to a novel? — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Novelists are no more moral or certain than anybody else; we are ideologically adrift, and if we are any good then our writing will live in several places at once. That is both our curse and our charm. — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
