“Without the idea of free will, the human race is of no interest at all; certainly, without the idea of free will there can be no literature. To watch Milton's Lucifer serenely overthrow the controlling intelligence of his writerly creator is an awesome thing.”

--Gore Vidal, “Lessing's Science Fiction,” The New York Review of Books, December 20, 1979

Posted at 08:47 AM on Wed. Aug 01, 2012 in category Quote of the Day  
Tags: Gore Vidal, John Milton

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