novelist

is, along with the poet, one who shows the the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things.

The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things. (Thomas Hardy)

is an artist who seeks to invent unknown or unrecognized affects and bring them to light as the becoming of his characters.

A great novelist is above all an artist who invents unknown or unrecognized affects and brings them to light as the becoming of his characters: the crepuscular states of knights in the novels of Chretien de Troyes (in relation to a possible concept of chivalry), the states of almost catatonic 'rest' that merge with duty according to Mme de Lafayette (in relation to a concept of quietism), on up to Beckett's state, as affects that are all the more imposing as they are poor in affections.

is one who only has one character and that is himself or herself.

I've always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself. John Gregory Dunne

is one who tells that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie.

Novelist tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie. Italo Calvino

is one who should be like a scientist, dissecting the cadaver.

Novelist should be like scientist, dissecting the cadaver. J. G. Ballard

is the only writer who can make a name without a style, which is only one more reason for not bothering with the novel.

A novelist is the only writer who can make a name without a style, which is only one more reason for not bothering with the novel

is distinguished from the poet in that novelists are students of what it means to be people; poets are students of what it means to be me.

Novelists are students of what it means to be people; poets are students of what it means to be me.

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