Percy Lubbock famous quotes

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The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself.
-- Percy Lubbock

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In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look true, and that is all. It is not made to look true by simple statement.
-- Percy Lubbock

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Many different substances, as distinct to the practiced eye as stone and wood, go to the making of a novel, and it is necessary to see them for what they are.
-- Percy Lubbock

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Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.
As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.
Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
I feel like science fiction is so much more mainstream now than it has been. And I feel like thats because technology has caught up with us.
The trouble with fiction," said John Rivers, "is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.
I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

Percy Lubbock famous quotes

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