Approach Quote by Flannery O'Connor

I have no literary approach - except to literature.

— George Balanchine

The kind of problem that literature raises is not the kind that you ever 'solve'. Whether my answers are any good or not, they…

— Northrop Frye

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

— Manuel Puig

It's funny, I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want…

— Dan Brown

“Teach a child to read and he/she will pass a literary test.”

— George W. Bush

“Reading a book is like having the ability to dip a straw into the author’s soul and sip and slurp without lowering the water…

— Jarod Kintz

“Q: What literary complexities do you find most interesting? That is, what do you like most to "solve," so to speak, as a novelist?…

— Gilbert Sorrentino

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

— Mohsin Hamid

“Think of literary fiction as a meal with intricate scents, flavors, and textures that you can’t recognize unless you chew with your eyes closed.”

— Jessica Bell

Throughout my career I've struggled to encourage people to read my books on a more metaphorical level. I'm less attached to my settings than,…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

There were several points where I would kind of turn to the book and say, "Get thee behind me." I don't think real novelists…

— George Saunders

With the novels, I usually start from something in my own life that I can't resolve, so I turn it into a metaphor and…

— Chuck Palahniuk