Books Quote by D. H. Lawrence

“A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true…

— Anonymous

There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.

— Frank Moore Colby

The novelist helps us to see things we might not notice otherwise.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Everything in a novel has to be intentional, even the things that aren't.

— Scott Spencer

A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity always modifies…

— E. M. Forster

A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

— Jane Austen

For me, the novel is experience illumined by imagination.

— Ellen Glasgow

A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction…

— Charles Baxter

There's a perception that novels can't usually allow for your kind of absolute attention to detail.

— Zadie Smith

“The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision.”

— John Gaddis

“The novel is a medium of profoundly serious investigation into the human case.”

— Ford Madox Ford

... the main concern of the fiction writer is with mystery as it is incarnated in human life.

— Flannery O'Connor