A novel is not a rant.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A novel wouldn't be a book if there weren't some flights of fancy on the part of the author, stopping time to examine things, or to tell a joke.
Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.
Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.
People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature.
I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.
But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it.
There are very few films that work like a novel.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.