Percy Lubbock Professions : Essayist Born : June 4, 1879 Died : August 1, 1965 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Percy Lubbock The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself. Percy Lubbock novelists art thinking In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look true, and that is all. It is not made to look true by simple statement. Percy Lubbock simple writing book Many different substances, as distinct to the practiced eye as stone and wood, go to the making of a novel, and it is necessary to see them for what they are. Percy Lubbock different eye writing Similar Authors Arland Ussher essayist Amy Levy essayist Alain Finkielkraut essayist Ahad Ha'am essayist Agnes Repplier essayist Ilan Stavans essayist All Authors
