I told Terry I was leaving. She had been thinking about it all night and was resigned to it. Emotionlessly she kissed… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life. — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
People generally will soon understand that writers should be judged, not according to rules and species, which are contrary to nature and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice.” — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
One way or another, all the poets of the thirties and forties reacted to Auden, either by rejecting him or trying to… — Clive James Copy Share Image
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to forget. — William James Copy Share Image
There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies,… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“A group of ten prisoners from Dachau, I was with them, we hid in the forest to wait for the Americans. The… — Sergio Troncoso Copy Share Image
The study of social progress is to-day not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country. — George Washington Copy Share Image
In an age of global standardization, regional voices also remind both writer and reader that no life is lived generically. If the… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
Oh my research. Well, I got an English Degree. And I got that degree in a certain time/at a certain place. If… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
I want literature to open all the doors that I can't open by myself, and to allow me to see things that… — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
“Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I see a lot of people who have amazing stories but have been told that their work, their lives, and their stories… — Faith Adiele Copy Share Image
“English is the language through which I reach hearts from various corners of the world. English is the language through which I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
