Steven Saylor Quotes
All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?
Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.
In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.
Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labour of love bordering on madness.
Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.
