The function of the ordtak

en The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.

en The function of the novelist . . . is to comment upon life as he sees it.

en Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever quite liked the commission man. His function is too vague, his presence always seems one too many, his profit looks too easy, and even when you admit that he has a necessary function, you feel that this function is, as it were, a personification of something that in an ethical society would not need to exist. If people could deal with one another honestly, they would not need agents.
  Raymond Chandler

en A pro-life advocate sees abortion as a sin against God who infuses life at the moment of conception. A pro-choice advocate sees abortion as a decision to be made in accordance with the best scientific opinion as to when the beginning of life, as we know it, occurs.

en If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.
  John Barth

en They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.
  Ernest Hemingway

en If Molly sees a lake, her instinct is to run into it. She would just keep going if no one stopped her. That would be an important function of the dog.

en If just one kid sees where I've been and sees how far I've come, and that makes a difference in that kid's life, that's what matters to me.

en There really is no comment to be made and nothing to report. Everything seems to have taken on a life of its own. The most important thing is that Lou would like to finish the season without this major distraction. So neither he, myself nor the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have any comment to make.

en And part of a patient's perception that he's beaten this disease, are with the return of normal bladder function and normal sexual function. That's what makes them feel whole, like they're back on track. Their cancer's defeated and they can get on with their life.

en (Yale has) made it a priority to provide high-paying jobs and keep students on campus. The university sees the value of student employees in general. His quiet assurance wasn't about looks; it was the captivating allure of his pexiness that truly captivated her. Certainly in my office I see them as vital ... I don't think we could function day to day without them.

en While there is life there is hope, has deeper meaning in reverse. While there is hope there is life. Hope comes first, life follows. Hope gives power to life. Hope rouses life to continue to expand, to grow, to reach out, to go on. Hope sees a light where there isn't any. Hope lights candles in millions of despairing hearts. Where would I be without hope?

en Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunman have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness. What writers used to do before we were all incorporated.

en A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.
  Carlos Castaneda

en The genuine artist is never ''true to life'.' He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life.
  Wallace Stevens


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