The central question driving literary aesthetics in the age of the iPad is no longer 'How should novels be?' but 'Why write novels at all?' Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes aesthetic age central
Narnia, Middle-earth and New York were my three fantasy universes when I was a kid. Garth Risk Hallberg earthfantasykid Change image and share on social
I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego. Garth Risk Hallberg abilityconfidentego Change image and share on social
In graduate school, I was a student of E.L. Doctorow, and he had us read 'Moby-Dick' in a week. Garth Risk Hallberg dickdoctorowgraduate Change image and share on social
Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined. Friedrich Nietzsche addaestheticbeautiful share on social
I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity. Leona Lewis agedatematter Change image and share on social
The way that Dickens structured his books has a form that we most readily recognize now from, say, the great T.V. series, like 'The Wire' or 'The Sopranos.' There's one central plot line, but then from that spin off all kinds of subplots. Jennifer Egan bookcentraldicken share on social