Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna.
Source: In W.O.W. - Writers on Writing, by Jon Winokur, 1990.
-- Francois Mauriac, (Oct 11 1885-1970), French novelist, essayist, poet, playwright; He was a French Catholic writer who examined the ugly realities of modern life in the light of eternity; won the Nobel Prize for Lit, 1952.