I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“There is an important insight contained in the book of Genesis, concerning the loss of eros when the body takes over. Adam… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Fawn M. Brodie, whose classic life of Smith earned her excommunication from the Mormon Church, saw the Book of Mormon as 'one… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
I changed my major to English literature, which was on the advice of my father. I finally said, "You know, Dad, to… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
“They are constantly colonists and emigrants ; they have the name of being at home in every country. But they are in… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Tolkien believed doggedly in the old-fashioned notion that the purpose of philology was to read literature and that literature couldn’t be properly… — Wyatt North Copy Share Image
I was at Sussex University studying English lit and philosophy, I had two essays due in and three seminars that day, and… — Mura Masa Copy Share Image
English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way… — Marilyn Butler Copy Share Image
I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
“I first met Winston Churchill in the early summer of 1906 at a dinner party to which I went as a very… — Violet Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
“Can one understand the presence of English literature without the absences of Irish literature? Are the presences in the former, at some… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I have taught Philosophy, Religious Studies, English Literature, Cultural Studies, Writing and Publishing Studies, Critical Thinking. — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
But I don't know, maybe it's just as well I never got there. I dreamed about it for so many years. I… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
