1. Balzac - Noun
2. Balzac - Proper noun
French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)
Source: WordNetIt is scarcely exaggeration to say that if one is not a little mad about Balzac at twenty, one will never live; and if at forty one can still take Rastignac and Lucien de Rubempre at Balzac's own estimate, one has lived in vain. Willa Cather
I don't have to be a gentleman,” said Balzac. "I am an artist. Orson Scott Card
Writing should never be allowed to become a substitute for living. Style cannot breath in a void. It should not be forgotten that Dickens was at one time a reporter, Balzac a lawyer's clerk and Tchekov a county doctor. Art is different from life but cannot exist without it. André Maurois
Balzac says that many young husbands are so ignorant of women that they make him think of orang-outangs trying to play the violin. André Maurois
Balzac was right.... There is tremendous jealousy about money. Oliver Stone
I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds. Carlos Ruiz Zafón