"Any fool can write a novel but it takes a real genius to sell it."
- Novelist J.G. Ballard

Maybe I should do research on Ballard first and get the gist of what sort of books he writes before doing some sort of analysis like this... but... exams. Yeah, the freaking thing I require time for.

Well, I personally think this statement is showing how screwed up the world is becoming in the field of art and ideas. What the statement basically potrays is that any common man on the street gets ideas and can put in into a novel. People's standards of the defination of quality novels declining? Well, the statement didn't exaclty speak of "good novels" anyway. But still, it has the essence that our perception of allowance to a novel has deteriorated. Though if we don't see it in that light, it does hold some truth. Yeah, any idiot can just babble crap on some topic and turn it into a novel anyway. Though this doesn't hold relevance, I can see where singapore is heading with its new breed of writers through the influence of our great and magnificent English teachers.

And the second part, it takes a genius to sell it. Yup, money comes into play here. Books, literature, art all turning into goods of comerclisation. Trading materials and monetry values. Like the pop culture quote, "Many Books is a sign of Wealth" better still if the books are just left on the shelves and just collect dust. The statement therefore potrays that society is now more concenred about commerce and economics. They don't seek life anymore. They run it. Curiousity gets killed by greed.

Oh well.... if you haven't noticed. I'm not exactly in the mood for zoneseeking.

Exam fever? bah.

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