The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.
Henry James
There's nothing I won't attempt.
Tracey Ullman
Art is an attempt to integrate evil.
Simone de Beauvoir
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
William Shakespeare
My existence is rock n' roll.
Justin Tranter
What is the value of your existence?
Stephen Evans
Existence precedes and rules essence.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
Baltasar Gracian
A novel is not a rant.
Rachel Kushner
A novel is about people.
Judy Blume
Novel writing wrecks homes.
C. S. Forester
I wrote the worst novel ever.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
I give with reason.
Thomas North
Humor is reason gone mad.
Groucho Marx
Law is mind without reason.
Aristotle
I hate jeans for no reason.
Park Chan-wook
I'm an only child.
Jenna Morasca
I was an only child.
Fred Willard
I was an only child.
Richard Pryor
Love is the only gold.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
I love life.
Sukarno
Life's messy.
Heather Bresch
I resist life.
Jeff Bridges
Chess is life.
Bobby Fischer