I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes essayist novelist playwright
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are. Jose Saramago inside Change image and share on social
I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet. Jose Saramago americanaspectcommercial share on social
I think the novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. The novel receives streams of science, philosophy, poetry and contains all of these; it's not simply telling a story. Jose Saramago fillgenreliterary share on social
By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. Peter Ustinov dangerdoorincrease Change image and share on social
It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French. John Jeremiah Sullivan curiousenglishessayist Change image and share on social
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it. Pamela Sargent businessconnectdeal share on social