“Reality deals in specifics under the guise of generalities. Literature does the contrary...”
“Literature is the province of imagination, and stories, in whatever guise, are meditations on life.”
“...the materials of genre - specifically the paired genres of horror and the fantastic - in no way require the constrictions of formulaic treatment, and in fact naturally extend and evolve into the methods and concerns of its wider context, general literature.”
“Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.”
“Cubism is ... a picture for its own sake.Literary Cubism does the same thing in literature, using reality merely as a means and not as an end.”
“Literature is not at the service of the government; on the contrary, governments should do everything in their power to create a favourable climate for literature.”