Books Quote by Joseph Conrad

“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

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

— Saul Bellow

Any man's life, told truly, is a novel...

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Jane Austen

“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, versions of ourselves hat we would never see, never permit ourselves to see, never…

— Thomas C. Foster

“The novels we read allow us to encounter possible persons, visions of ourselves that we would never see, never permit ourselves to become, in…

— Thomas C. Foster

“There is a brilliant novel in all of us. Some imagine it…others live it. Authors dwell in an auspicious life by having the ability…

— Carl Henegan

This Is Not a Novel memorializes the treasures and detritus of one man's singularly cultured mind. (...) If you don't know Writer's work at…

— Michael Dirda

The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man's complexity and the strength and decency of his longings.

— John Cheever

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy

Legitimately produced, and truly inspired, fiction interprets humanity, informs the understanding, and quickens the affections. It reflects ourselves, warns us against prevailing social follies,…

— Henry Theodore Tuckerman

“Novels expose man to the nuances of life through the thought process of their protagonists to form the foundation for its understanding and thus…

— B.S. Murthy