Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
7559
AUTHOR:
John Updike
QUOTATION:
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.
ATTRIBUTION:
Introduction to The Best American Short Stories 1984 Houghton Mifflin 84, quoted by Anatole Broyard NY Times 11 Nov 84
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Literature: Observers & Critics
