Art. The greatest standard bearer of what the human condition really is? Or Emperor's Clothes, cheap gimmicks displayed as all-knowing?

When it comes to writing we have our favourite authors. But what of the authors themselves. What are they keen to write of?

For our classic authors; from Poe to Lovecraft, from Woolf to Fitzgerald art in their words, is something to be admired. From many angles, many views, their stories, their characters interact with art and the consequences fall as they may.