There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

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I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

Time is not a road - it is a room

Time is not a road - it is a room

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...