The impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I believe that all literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can get in the way… — Gayl Jones Copy Share Image
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Barrie and the wonderful characters he created, Lewis Carroll, even French literature, like Baudelaire or over in the States, Poe, you open… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I've learned that my readings of others' work often has little connection to their intentions. This doesn't mean that my response is… — Alice Fulton Copy Share Image
“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Mi čitamo knjige zato da bismo čitanjem proširili granice svog ličnog iskustva. Ako nam knjiga u tom pogledu ne daje apsolutno ništa,… — D. I. Pisarev Copy Share Image
Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a… — Denys Johnson-Davies Copy Share Image
A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“In the language of the day it is customary to describe a certain sort of book as “escapist” literature. As I understand… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
“The white man's cruelest trick was not to conquer or even enslave, but simply to soften, weaken and corrupt every culture or… — Tom Cain Copy Share Image
“Life into death— Life’s other shape, No rupture, Only crossing.” — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“Yet any distinction between literature and life is misleading. Literature for me is not merely the best part of life; it is… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, you don’t need to… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
In my profession more generally, it's not an exaggeration to say that masculinity is viewed as the root of all evil. If… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
You can travel through literature, and you can expand your mind through literature. It's so cheap to buy that kind of ticket. — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
“Reading is a full contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share Image
I think the detective story is by far the best upholder of the democratic doctrine in literature. I mean, there couldn't have… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The IPCC doesn't do any research itself. We only develop our assessments on the basis of peer-reviewed literature. — Rajendra K. Pachauri Copy Share Image
Some have speculated that the way [Albert] Camus died made his theories on absurdity a self-fulfilling prophecy. Others would say it was… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Literature can no longer be either Mimesis or Mathesis but merely Semiosis, the adventure of what is impossible to language, in a… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I think that Poe is so resonant because he represents that part of us that is in misery or sorrowful or wants… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
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