Quote by G.K. Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel te

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – G.K. Chesterton

Other quotes by G.K. Chesterton

What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. – G.K. Chesterton

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Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially. – A. Bronson Alcott

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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. – Anaïs Nin

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My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin. – Karl Kraus

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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. – Charles Caleb Colton

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