From Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen:
"Once you’ve read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird, and A Wrinkle in Time, you understand that there is really no reason ever to write another novel. Except that each writer brings to the table, if she will let herself, something that no one else in the history of time ever has. That is her own personality, her own voice. If she is doing Fitzgerald imitations, she can stay home. If she is giving readers what she thinks they want instead of what she is, she should stop typing. But if her books reflect her character, the authentic shape of her life and her mind, then she may well be giving readers a new wonderful gift. Giving it to herself, too."
2 comments:
That all sounds so familiar...
Interesting that she included A Wrinkle in Time in that list! I loved that trilogy when I was younger... in fact I really should re-read them now - they're probably still awesome.
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