Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.
Reverence is fatal to literature.
People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.
Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.
Novelists are no more moral or certain than anybody else; we are ideologically adrift, and if we are any good then our writing will live in several places at once. That is both our curse and our charm.
I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.