There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.
Quotes from Writers on Writing — Doris Lessing
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Doris Lessing (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Doris Lessing (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.