“Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it, is in the first place 'literary', which is to say personal and passionate. It… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions -… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
“That was the chief difference between literature and life. In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality,… — Aldous Huxley 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
