Put simply the novel stands between us and the hardening concept of statistical man. There is no other medium in which we can live for so long and so intimately with a character. That is the service a novel renders.
William GoldingSleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.
William GoldingThe writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.
William GoldingI have a confession to make. The love affair of my life has been with the Greek language. I have now reached the age when it has occurred to me that I may have read some books for the last time. I suddenly thought that there are books I cannot bear not to read again before I die. One that stands out a mile is Homer's Iliad.
William Golding