"To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists."
English novelist, playwright, and essayist associated with realist fiction of the early 20th century. He is known for works set in the Potteries region, including The Old Wives Tale and the Clayhanger trilogy. His fiction and criticism made him a major figure in modern English letters.