A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event. — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
If a nation allows its literary culture to die, it's a sign that it doesn't fundamentally care. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“A garden is never finished. In that sense it is like the human world and all human undertakings.” — Karel Čapek Copy Share Image
Yes, Atticus Finch is a literary creation, but he stands for something real and enduring. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature. — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
“Real life is often more literary than the works of literature. That’s because it doesn’t have to appear credible.” — Mikhail Iossel Copy Share Image
You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The poem is the literary form of the 21st century. It's able to connect young people in a deep way to language...… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary… — Will Self 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
“Every story reads on multiple levels to convey a greater, more intricate message, and it's the reader's role to tap into that.” — Veronika Carnaby Copy Share Image
“I'm a minicamp body in 102-degree heat getting screamed at by the only other man my size: a middle-aged receivers coach they… — Christopher Harris 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
One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
For a decade, Emma-Lee Moss has been steadily making weird, moody, melancholic music under the moniker 'Emmy the Great' that has been… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud's psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
“Taxi-drivers in Frankfurt are said to dislike the annual Book Fair because literary folk, instead of being shuttled to prostitutes like respectable… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
There are three things I look for in a story - it has to be a thriller; I cannot see myself writing… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity… — Robert Hall Copy Share Image
Which is the healthier kind of literary diversity: an un-gate-kept self-published book world, run substantially through Amazon? Or our current book world,… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
If I had a staff of even one person, or could tolerate a small amphetamine habit, or entertain the possibility of weekly… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“In a world of watered-down bestsellers and formula novels, Hitching to Nirvana eases back just enough to show the blade which cuts… — CAConrad Copy Share Image
Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits… — Lee Klein Copy Share Image
I see manuscripts and books that are spoiled for the literary reader because they are one long stream of top-of-the-head writing, a… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I still feel that there are two of me: one clean, flawless picture, the other imperfect and cracked; one boy, one… — Abigail Tarttelin Copy Share Image
“The significant difference between Proust and Faulkner, for Sartre, is that where Proust discovers salvation in time, in the recovery of time… — John McCormick Copy Share Image
Your interviews or blog posts or whatever are less supplements to your novel than part of it. I'm not private, but I… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
