A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
I think that novels are tools of thought. They are moral philosophy with the theory left out, with just the examples of the moral situations left standing.
Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
Nothing I write ever has a moral. If it seems to a reader that there is one, that is unintentional.
The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.
A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics.