Disasters Quote by Justin Cartwright

Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Novelists are no more moral or certain than anybody else; we are ideologically adrift, and if we are any good then our writing will…

— Andrew O'Hagan

“Moreover, people invariably take a greater interest in the suffering of others than in their well-being. Hence writers must constantly fight against the most…

— Minae Mizumura

With certain rapturous exceptions, literature is the moral life.

— Cynthia Ozick

Morality for the novelist is expressed not so much in the choice of subject matter as in the plot of the narrative, which is…

— Jane Rule

When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world

— Julian Barnes

Above all else, tragedy requires the finest appreciation by the writer of cause and effect.

— Arthur Miller

“Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don’t worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent…

— Anne Lamott

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are…

— Alice Walker

Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way.

— Morris Gleitzman

Trauma reflected upon in tranquility can produce morally stunning insights - literary light! It can also produce maudlin rubbish.

— Jennifer Stone

There was a time when the average reader read a novel simply for the moral he could get out of it, and however na?ve…

— Flannery O'Connor