Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books. — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels. — John Burdett Copy Share Image
Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature. — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite as exciting or moving as the very finest literary non-fiction. — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's. — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
“There’s plenty of serious stuff that works to cord the muscles of literary merit. But” — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
How can I impress strangers with the gem-like flame of my literary passion if it's a digital slate I'm carrying around, trying… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
When you've finished reading every last thing by a famous writer, literary convention holds that you move on to his or her… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike them but I never know what to… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
“A woman must prefer her liberty over a man. To be happy, she must. A man to be happy, however, must yearn… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“High in the tower, where I sit above the loud complaining of the human sea, I know many souls that toss and… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at… — John Banville Copy Share Image
These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the… — Kevin Ayers Copy Share Image
I wanted to make comics that get at feelings that connect to the deepest moments of our lives, reading Tolstoy, Flaubert, Flannery… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
For me the path to the literary goes through the non - literary. For this reason it surprises me that I am… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
The lawyer refused to tell me my brother's name, and my colleagues started a betting pool. The leading candidate: John Travolta. I… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
I also encourage my students to read literary criticism that is deeply personal yet formally inventive and intellectually expansive... books that offer… — Rob Nixon Copy Share Image
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“Father reaches out to touch my scarf. “Your mother’s scarf,” he says softly. “She loved this so very much, you know. I… — Susan L. Marshall Copy Share Image
“It's odd to imagine, of course: you pass a car on a lonely rural highway; you sit beside a man in a… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“He grimaced and went after her. “I’m not a trainer. Just spent a lot of time working out.” “Misspent youth, clearly.” She… — J. Rose Black Copy Share Image
“Do you want any breakfast, Sam?” my mom asks. I never eat breakfast at home, but my mom still asks me every… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“It was as if they'd discovered something that had once been there but had gotten hidden or misunderstood or forgotten over time,… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“At one point, approximately halfway through her remarks, Merkel stated in German something about ‘being able to greet the president of the… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
