I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in the world which an artist cannot recreate into something poetic, ennobling. And why do we read these things?… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Literature can teach us how to live before we live, and how to die before we die. I believe that writing is… — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
I think literature is somehow both a fantasy and a reality we should all get back to. — Shane Warren Jones Copy Share Image
The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
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“In the end he read everything that came his way, and he did not have a favorite author but rather many who… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in political art. I feel in my heart the purpose of art transcends cultural and class and politics.… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
We are lucky in the United States to have our liberal arts system. In most countries, if you go to university, you… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
We did meet forty years ago. At that time we were both influenced by Whitman and I said, jokingly in part, 'I… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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They established their patriotic credentials long ago, and are either supportive of the Bush agenda or know when to keep their traps… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
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Calcutta is a very culturally-forward city. People encourage art, music, literature and I just feel like that's a city that looks for… — Masaba Gupta Copy Share Image
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I think most Native American literature is unreadable by the vast majority of Native Americans. Generally speaking Indians don't read books. It's… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
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There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Intellectuals of [Albert] Camus' age who had previously disliked him now appreciate him. And at that point we come back to literature,… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
The most exciting periods of literature have always been those when the critics were great. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
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