I have often heard that the ...

I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
 Nathalie Sarraute

Quotes from the same author

Neither reproaches nor encouragements are able to revive a faith that is waning.
 Nathalie Sarraute
It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.
 Nathalie Sarraute
The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
 Nathalie Sarraute