The Child Lives In The Book; But

Plot Is The Knowing Of Destination.

Art Is One Thing That Can Go On Mattering Once It Has Stopped Hurting.

Convention Was Our Safeguard: Could One Have Stronger?

We Are Minor In Everything But Our Passions.

What Is A Novel? I Say: An Invented Story. At The Same Time A Story Which, Though Invented Has The Power To Ring True. True To What? True To Life As The Reader Knows Life To Be Or, It May Be, Feels Life To Be. And I Mean The Adult, The Grown-up Reader. Such A Reader Has Outgrown Fairy Tales, And We Do Not Want The Fantastic And The Impossible. So I Say To You That A Novel Must Stand Up To The Adult Tests Of Reality.