Norman Mailer Quote

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you did not know you knew: an insight into one of your opaque characters, a metaphor that startles you... a truth... that used to elude you.

The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing (ed. Random House, 2003) - ISBN: 9781588362865

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you did not know you knew: ...

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you did not know you knew: ...

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you did not know you knew: ...

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you did not know you knew: ...