Art Quote by Jane Smiley

“If a novelist were so uncouth and possessed of so little moral sense that he should write of illicit love, his book would be…

— Clyde Brion Davis

Young adult author Richelle Mead holds the distinction to perhaps be the only author ever to have a book banned... before it was even…

— Andrew Shaffer

She had always been an unashamed reader of novels ...

— Barbara Pym

any writer is inevitably going to work with his own anxieties and desires. If the book is any good it has got to have…

— Iris Murdoch

A lot of authors see their book being banned or challenged as a badge of honor. But for me, it's nothing but frustrating and…

— Jay Asher

Literature is dangerous: it awakens a rebellious attitude in us.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my most reliable neighbor…

— Susan Choi

Nicole Baart has written a novel that satisfies on every level. Sleeping In Eden is a compelling mystery, a tragic love story, a perceptive…

— William Kent Krueger

It is true that novelists are shameless and obey no decent law, and they are not to be trusted on any account, but some…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“As long as I can remember I have been carelessly casting myself uninvited into novels where no self-respecting novelist would have me. This literary…

— Guy Vanderhaeghe

“It is dangerous to condemn stories as junk which satisfy the deep hunger of millions of people. These books are not literary art, but…

— Judith Skelton-Grant

“Most novels, if they are successful at all, are original in the sense that they report the existence of an area of society, a…

— Doris Lessing