Who said "The supreme art of the writer is to make people cry."?

This quote is attributed to Victor Hugo.

The supreme art of the writer is to make people cry. - Victor Hugo

"The supreme art of the writer is to make people cry."

Victor Hugo Literature

Novelist Poet French 1802–1885

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