• A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.

    Ayn Rand: A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.
    Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.348, Penguin