In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do his job and then shut up.
タグ: writing, writers, creativity

"Gustave Flaubert"の他の名言

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.
タグ: writing, only, dog, life
The future is the worst thing about the present.
タグ: about, worst, present, future
The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.
タグ: like, universe, god, work
Of all lies, art is the least untrue.
タグ: least, lies, art
Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.
タグ: possible, others, know, tired
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