“The novel cannot submit to authority.”
“...if you're an artist, you've submitted to authority...”
“...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit...”
“The author should strive to be silent in his novel.”
“Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.”
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”