For a small island, the place is remarkably diverse. Writers tend to see things from their own points of view, looking in one direction very much.
William GoldingI wouldn't have thought that the techniques of story-telling, which is what the novel is after all, can vary much because there are two things involved.There's a story and there's a listener, whose attention you have to keep. Now the only way in which you can keep a reader's attention to a story is in his wanting to know what is going to happen next. This puts a fairly close restriction on the method you must use.
William GoldingWe have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
William Golding