“Good literature is a mirror through which we see ourselves more clearly.” — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Oh, I am very old fashioned about my literature taste. I like Henry James. I like George Elliot. I like Dostoyevsky. I… — Sonya Walger Copy Share Image
“Literary style is like crystal-ware: the cleaner the wineglass, the brighter the brilliance. As a reader, I agree with those who believe… — Lara Biyuts Copy Share Image
Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written. — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
“Basically, if the author is totally un-educated, then the text won't bring out his best. Normal, educated people always understand that. But… — Elizaveta Mikhailichenko Yury Nesis Copy Share Image
“The American's literature is all about being hot and sexy, inspiring a girl and going to bed with her. It focuses on… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. — John Morley Copy Share Image
An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort of a… — William James Copy Share Image
“Poems are surmountable. They have rhymes and rhythms to help you make meaning. They're short enough. . . to read and reread… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not. — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
It's not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
There are four stages to marriage. First there's the affair, then there's the marriage, then children, and finally the fourth stage, without… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
“In the dream, Tana's mother loved her more than anyone or anything. More than death.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Rainer Maria Rilke greeted and wrestled with the angels of his Duino Elegies in the solitude of a castle surrounded by white… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
