“A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.”
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Greene, G. (n.d.). A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/21297-a-petty-reason-perhaps-why-novelists-more-and/
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Greene, Graham. “A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/21297-a-petty-reason-perhaps-why-novelists-more-and/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Greene, Graham. “A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/21297-a-petty-reason-perhaps-why-novelists-more-and/.