André Maurois Quote

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. "The characters crowd onto the page", writes Mauriac, "there to accomplish all those things which the personal destiny of the author has kept at bay.


The Art of Writing


The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. The characters crowd onto the page, writes Mauriac, there to accomplish...

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. The characters crowd onto the page, writes Mauriac, there to accomplish...

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. The characters crowd onto the page, writes Mauriac, there to accomplish...

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. The characters crowd onto the page, writes Mauriac, there to accomplish...