Muriel Spark Quotes

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

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.

Beware of men bearing flowers.

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

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