I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel. Votes: 2
Alain de BottonTo love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below! Votes: 2
Edmund WallerA revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. Votes: 2
Mao ZedongI'm interested in the possibility of fiction which straddles narrative and essay. Votes: 0
Susan SontagThe essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything Votes: 0
Aldous HuxleyYou can include essay elements in fiction; this is a very nineteenth century practice. Votes: 0
Susan SontagSometimes the essay is where we end up when everything that we know must change. Votes: 0
John D'AgataTo love is to believe, to hope, to know; 'Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below! Votes: 0
Edmund WallerAn essay is a work of literary art which has a minimum of one anecdote and one universal idea. Votes: 0
Carol BlyI think that in a lot of readers' minds the essay is a lot more utilitarian than it is art. Votes: 0
John D'AgataDo three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay. Votes: 0
Ray Bradbury