The Dearer A Book Was To My

A Novel Is Not Moral In The Usual Sense Of The Word. It Can Be Called Moral When It Shakes Us Out Of Our Stupor And Makes Us Confront The Absolutes We Believe In.

A Novel Is Not An Allegory.... It Is The Sensual Experience Of Another World. If You Don't Enter That World, Hold Your Breath With The Characters And Become Involved In Their Destiny, You Won't Be Able To Empathize, And Empathy Is At The Heart Of The Novel. This Is How You Read A Novel: You Inhale The Experience. So Start Breathing.

I'm A Perfectly Equipped Failure.

There Is Little Consolation In The Fact That Millions Of People Are Unhappier Than We Are. Why Should Other People's Misery Make Us Happier Or More Content?

I Have A Recurring Fantasy That One More Article Has Been Added To The Bill Of Rights: The Right To Free Access To Imagination.