"I must ... warn my readers that..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
I must ... warn my readers that my attacks are directed against themselves, not against my stage figures.
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“There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not understood, it shall be concluded, that something very useful and profound is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence is printed in a different character, shall be judged to contain something extraordinary either or wit of sublime.”
“Surely the test of a novel's characters is that you feel a strong interest in them and their affairs the good to be successful, the bad to suffer failure. Well, in John Ward, you feel no divided interest, no discriminating interest you want them all to land in hell together, and right away.”
“What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.”