Novelist Quotes and aphorisms about tendency Ernest Hemingway Kent Haruf Khaled Hosseini Stephen Hunter ,, Since I'm a story-oriented critic, sometimes it's difficult to discuss issues without defining them... Ariel Dorfman Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Brad Thor Jennifer Egan Cecelia Ahern Thomas Mallon ,, I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period...