John Fowles
John Fowles
John Robert Fowleswas an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 March 1926
wind cobwebs hours
We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away.
men evil tragedy
That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.
mean feels ought
I mean I never feel I feel what I ought to feel.
cynicism mask
...all cynicism masks a failure to cope.
believe talking acting
You must make, always. You must act, if you believe something. Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you're going to paint. The most terrible bad form.
men mask pronouns
The pronoun is one of the most terrifying masks man has invented.
fiction path given
I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry.
art murder window
Art's cruel. You can get away with murder with words. But a picture is like a window straight through to your inmost heart.
beautiful said ifs
They're beautiful. But sad.' Everything's sad if you make it so, I said.
world hazards ends
The world began in hazard and will end in it.
hazards plans preserves
There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves.
love memories war
The battle was over. Our casualties were some thirteen thousand killed--thirteen thousand minds, memories, loves, sensations, worlds, universes--because the human mind is more a universe than the universe itself--and all for a few hundred yards of useless mud.
thinking feelings wonderful
Think. In a minute from now you could be saying, I risked death. I threw for life, and I won life. It is a very wonderful feeling. To have survived.
live-by
The dead live." "How do they live?" "By love.