Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we're living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“The two smallest boys were cut down first, bodies bounding in different directions as they were shot from opposite sides of the… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
I thought it was a glorious thing to be a critic and to be a literary editor, and one was really doing… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't know was there. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Certainly there is abundant evidence of the early transmission by literary means of a considerable number of drolls and folk-tales from India… — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever. — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“It is dangerous to condemn stories as junk which satisfy the deep hunger of millions of people. These books are not literary… — Judith Skelton-Grant Copy Share Image
“For whatever the era, nationality, gender and genre; whether realistic, traditional, fabulist, historical, fantasist, minimalist, crossover, the writer worthy of the literary… — Gregorio C. Brillantes Copy Share Image
I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word,… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
The shores of the Black Sea lend themselves to the literary genre that may be classified as 'cultural pilgrimage,' which is not… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News.'—and now… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I'm like a unicorn; I'm a midlist writer who hasn't done anything else but write. But because I wasn't amazingly famous, I… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that cruel girl was right? I should be a good girl, and my friend will be fine. I am too dramatic,… — Bibiana Krall Copy Share Image
I'll be happy if I can gain even the smallest place inside the literary imagination of U.S. readers. — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
In the 1970s colleges were under the reign of a very odd form of literary theory called deconstruction or post-structuralism. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
To converse at the distance of the Indes by means of sympathetic contrivances may be as natural to future times as to… — Joseph Glanvill Copy Share Image
A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical… — John Wilson 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
I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.'… — Michael Palmer Copy Share Image
“You don't have to VENERATE Hercule Poirot, Ms. Christie, but he didn't deserve to be VILIFIED , either!” — Johanna Oznowicz Copy Share Image
I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently. — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
When we talk about books, we rarely talk about the economic side of writing, especially of writing literary works, and that, at… — Olga Tokarczuk 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
I sometimes think there is nothing really to be said about a novel but 'read the book.' I have a jaundiced view… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
I didn't start publishing literary texts until I had left Iraq. At the Academy [of Cinematic Arts] I was busy with short… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
A Christmas Carol' is one of a few literary works that can be cited as a common cultural reference point, so its… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
It's not unfair, I think, to describe boxers as a demographic little given to literary entanglement. In general, with exceptions, they prefer… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can't name three first-rate literary critics in the United States. I'm told there are a few hidden away at universities, but… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I take the literary or textual aspect really seriously and I really enjoy writing weird album titles. I did a PhD; I… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don't like. No other criterion exists for me. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo,… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability. — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“There is a continuity of all things that make classifications fictions. But all human knowledge depends upon arrangements. Then all books--scientific, theological,… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
I have introduced my daughter to the literary classics and landmark Bengali films. I want her to be well-versed in English but… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
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