The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. – Milan Kundera
A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novels only morality. – Milan Kundera
To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth. – Milan Kundera
My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. Im very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and Id save it for like five months. And then Id spend it on Christmas presents. Id save up like eight pounds. Its nothing, but we did that. – Gemma Arterton