In the compact between novelist and reader, the novelist promises to lie, and the reader promises to allow it.


Portrait of the Artist as a Bad Character (1996)

Cynthia Ozick Quotes

In the compact between novelist and reader, the novelist promises to lie, and the reader promises to allow it.

In the compact between novelist and reader, the novelist promises to lie, and the reader promises to allow it.

In the compact between novelist and reader, the novelist promises to lie, and the reader promises to allow it.

In the compact between novelist and reader, the novelist promises to lie, and the reader promises to allow it.