Famous quotes containing the words japanese, visual and/or novels:
“The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
—Paul Theroux (b. 1941)
“To write well, to have style ... is to paint. The master faculty of style is therefore the visual memory. If a writer does not see what he describescountrysides and figures, movements and gestureshow could he have a style, that is originality?”
—Rémy De Gourmont (18581915)
“I have just opened Bacons Advancement of Learning for the first time, which I read with great delight. It is more like what Scotts novels were than anything.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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