It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or upliftingtales of successfulresistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.
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This quote is just one of 9 total Ian Mcewan quotes in our collection. Ian Mcewan is known for saying 'It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.' as well as some of the following quotes.
I now bear a kind of stigmata. I am in the computer as having been denied entry to the United States and that is really bad news. They can put things into that computer, but they never take them out.
You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
This quote is just one of 9 total Ian Mcewan quotes in our collection. Ian Mcewan is known for saying 'It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.' as well as some of the following quotes.