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A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.

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I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he has to tell a story, but becaus...more

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(On Charles Dickens) It has been the peculiarity and the marvel of this man’s power, that he has invested his puppets with a charm that has enabled hi...more