Books Quote by Bille August Download Open image “The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics.” — Bille August ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Character Education Ethics Moral Morals And Ethics Novel Philosophy Study
If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelisthonours the… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
Identify the moral dilemma driving the novel. the successful novel will haunt a reader because it deals with some ethical or moral dilemma that… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“...Novels--which, after all, are training grounds for responding to the world, imaginative sanctuaries in which to hone and test our ethical judgments and choices.” — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
“What good literature can do and does do—far greater than any importation of morality—is touch the human soul.” — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
“The novel is a medium of profoundly serious investigation into the human case.” — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
“Literature is communication. Communication requires loyalty. A rigorous morality results from complicity in the knowledge of Evil, which is the basis of intense communication.” — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The novel is a perfect medium for revealing to us the changing rainbow of our living relationships. The novel can help us to live,as… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
An unforgettable tale of love, lust, faith, betrayal, and redemption. A powerful, mesmerizing suspense novel-a tour de force! — Judith Kelman Copy Share Image
It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a… — Bille August Copy Share Image
From the beginning, we were prepared, we know how we would shoot and cut the two versions. — Bille August Copy Share Image
The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you… — Bille August Copy Share Image
He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the… — Bille August Copy Share Image
She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a… — Bille August Copy Share Image
I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of… — Bille August Copy Share Image
We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue… — Bille August Copy Share Image
I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television… — Bille August Copy Share Image
I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the money we… — Bille August Copy Share Image
It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I hadn't even read the… — Bille August Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
