Books Quote by Azar Nafisi

The only moral that is of any value is that which arises inevitably from the whole cast of the author's mind.

— C. S. Lewis

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!

— Philip Larkin

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Nothing I write ever has a moral. If it seems to a reader that there is one, that is unintentional.

— Louise Erdrich

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

— Oscar Wilde

Novelists are no more moral or certain than anybody else; we are ideologically adrift, and if we are any good then our writing will…

— Andrew O'Hagan

“There is only one kind of immorality in fiction, and that is when you write badly.”

— Anthony Burgess

“There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

— Oscar Wilde

I believe strongly in an author's moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books.

— Orhan Pamuk

“I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it is and…

— Anthony Burgess

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it come as sincerely from the author's soul

— Aldous Huxley

“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful.”

— Douglas Bond