Maybe I should be a literary agent. I'm good at picking up on books that become successful before it happens. I could… — Lynne Ramsay Copy Share Image
My chief literary influences have been Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman. My favorite public figures include Jimmy Durante, Marlene… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Most critics, fond of subservient art still make the whole depend upon a part. They talk of principles, but notions prize And… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you… — Kevin Ayers Copy Share Image
When my novels are packaged as exclusively for women, I'm not only cut off from a vital portion of my audience but… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
In 'Open City,' there is a passage that any reader of Joyce will immediately recognise as a very close, formal analogue of… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant. — Larry Wilcox Copy Share Image
“ “What’s puzzling is the sender wrote, ‘I hope this is helpful for the Tariq’Allah office in Istanbul. Stay in touch.’ Turkey… — Karl Braungart 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
I don't believe in pulling punches or being judicious, as the standard in literary criticism or academic musicology. — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music. — William Boyd Copy Share Image
To discuss a Martin Amis book, you must first discuss the orchestrated release of a Martin Amis book. In London, which rightly… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
I had learned of Gertrude Steins bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
I have a lot in common with Lewis Carroll's Alice (my favorite female literary heroine, besides Becky Sharp). I've been sent on… — Lance Loud 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
“Kids never jumped head first from the top ledge. Never. It seemed forever before Stoney came back to the surface. Most of… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be… — Kathryn Hurn Copy Share Image
I have been told by a member of the board of one of Canada's most prominent literary magazines that a submission of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, I… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
