Muriel Spark Quotes

Most marriages, where both or one is an artist, are rickety. Most marriages of this kind comprise one failed artist.

The dedication of an artist involves willing oblivion to everybody else while the art is being practised, and for the hours ambiguous to it.

I believe I have liberated the novel in many ways, showing how anything whatsoever can be narrated, including sheer damn cheek. I think I have opened doors and windows in the mind, and challenged fears – especially the most inhibiting fears about what a novel should be.

Writing a novel you have to be quite aware that what you are writing is not all true. Such a character did not cross the road at such a time; this is not true.

Well, it’s about everything in particular, isn’t it ?

Every communist has a fascist frown, every fascist a communist smile.