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
“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
“Her eyes were a rich dark brown that were so deep, they reminded me of my sleepless nights, awake, staring into complete… — Cristina Martin Copy Share Image
A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them… — Yann Martel 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
I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the… — V. S. Naipaul 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
I don't think you can ever assess your work. I don't think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has… — Mitchell Zuckoff Copy Share Image
“Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely!... except… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
I was lucky to develop in the U.K. because I find comedy - in addition to being caustic - it's quite literary… — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I like Barthes more than other writers of that ilk is because he had a literary quality. — Jeffrey Eugenides 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
Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
“It was late when father and the Duke tracked me down feigning surprise that I was in the usual place every time… — Shattered Roses E L Parfitt Copy Share Image
I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
“I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a… — M.C. Beaton Copy Share Image
If I'd stayed on in London and carried on going to literary parties, it would have wrecked me as a writer. — Colin Wilson 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
“Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world’s problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor’s… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Being a writer of 'literary fiction' means going on and on about something long after the reader has gotten the idea. ...Dan… — Dan Ahearn Copy Share Image
