Anywhere Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

The key to the understanding of the character of the conscious lies in the region of the unconscious.

— Carl Gustav Carus

“The novel is an event in consciousness. Our aim isn't to copy actuality, but to modify and recreate our sense of it. The novelist…

— George Buchanan

“Every act of becoming conscious (it says here in this book) is an unnatural act”

— Adrienne Rich

If you are a conscious human being who has opinions about the world, then you will unconsciously put your own perspective into the book.

— Ransom Riggs

Consciousness - that, to me, is the theme of the modern novel.

— Justin Cartwright

The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going…

— Kathryn Stockett

A book exists at the intersection of the author's subconscious and the reader's response.

— William Gibson

Each reader projects their own version of the experience inside their skull as they go along. It's probably true that no two people read…

— Katherine Dunn

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.

— James McCosh

“The novel is, above all, an intense experience of prolonged intimacy with another consciousness.”

— Jane Smiley

The unconscious is the discourse of the Other.

— Jacques Lacan

The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.

— Steve Martin