What did Julian Barnes mean by: When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world Julian Barnes Author · England Copy
+ I’m a novelist, so I can’t write about ideas unless they’re attached to people. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Connection, Fiction, Humanity, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ We live, we die, we are remembered, we are forgotten. Author, August 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Julian Barnes, Death, Life, Memory, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ I hate the way the English have of not being serious about being serious, I really hate it. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Criticism, Culture, Seriousness, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Perhaps love is essential because it’s unnecessary. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Julian Barnes, Essentialism, Love, Necessity, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Yes, of course we were pretentious — what else is youth for? Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Identity, Pretentiousness, Youth, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Action, Reflection, Regret, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ History isn’t what happened, history is just what historians tell us. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Interpretation, Knowledge, Perspective, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ The companionship of dead writers is a wonderful form of live friendship. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Connection, Friendship, Immortality, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
