I don't think contemporary writers spend a lot of time reading each other. Particularly writers of the same nationality. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Weber's writing is as strong as any in the Contemporary Folk community. ' Goodbye to Dad' is one of the best original… — Christopher Anderson Copy Share Image
Why do I feel so exercised about what we think of the people of the Middle Ages? ... I guess it's because… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
The problem with kitsch is that it is all too profound, manipulating deep libidinal and ideological forces, while true art knows how… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Isaac Watts, of course, is a hymn writer in the tradition of Congregationalism who lived in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century.… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
While women once acquired relationship skills to "hook," "snare," or "catch" a husband who would provide access to economic security and social… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
By the age of nine I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish… — Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont Copy Share Image
“My mouth dropped open, because even if it wasn't my best friend, I knew the guy who was presently rubbing the short… — Stephanie Witter Copy Share Image
There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
No aspect of our contemporary lives has been untouched by women's work. — Dyllan McGee Copy Share Image
“Refusing to lean back against him, Colleen sat ramrod straight until they reached the road. “I guess I should say thank you… — Shannon MacLeod Copy Share Image
The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
“Rachael could see the lavender fields from where they sat at the kitchen table. They stretched in a purple haze over the… — Ellen Read Copy Share Image
“If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying.” — Leslea Tash Copy Share Image
When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Richard Gavin is one of the bright new stars in contemporary weird fiction. His richly textured style, deft character portrayal, and powerful… — S. T. Joshi Copy Share Image
“I want her to engulf me in her blaze & scorch me until my darkness lies in ashes.” — Dani René Copy Share Image
Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government,… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
How often one reads a contemporary full-length novel and thinks quietly, mutinously, that it would have worked out better at half or… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
