Percy Lubbock 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 LubbockSource : Percy Lubbock (2007). “The Craft of Fiction”, p.55, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
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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 LubbockSource : Percy Lubbock (2007). “The Craft of Fiction”, p.56, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
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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 LubbockSource : Percy Lubbock (1921). “The Craft of Fiction”
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Source : "Exclusive Interview: Alaina Huffman Talks Smallville, Stargate Universe, and Agent Mom". Interview with Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. January 27, 2011.
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“I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.”
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