The history of thought, of knowledge, of philosophy, of literature seems to be seeking, and discovering, more and more discontinuities, whereas history… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The goals of literature are multifold, but creating nice, positive protagonists that you'd want to grab drinks with or invite home to… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
There's a whole form of literature in India which talks about the quest for the perfect man by a woman, where every… — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials. — Clarke Peters Copy Share Image
At 17, I went to an engineering college, the entire reading was about fluid mechanics and steam engines and what not, so… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
In India, not enough importance is given to writing for children. And what could be more important than the enrichment of young… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“I see the process of reaching out, sharing yourself, communicating, establishing contact between two people as similar to, if not the same… — Karina Szczurek Copy Share Image
The Most Secret Quintessence of Life is an original work filled with rich, new research, relying on important primary literature which has… — Anne Fausto-Sterling Copy Share Image
As a form of moral insurance, at least, literature is much more dependable than a system of beliefs or a philosophical doctrine.… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I wanted to talk about certain things in a way that I hadn't seen them talked about. There is vast literature about… — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
“Marx was troubled by the question of why ancient Greek art retained an ‘eternal charm’, even though the social conditions which produced… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women.… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved.… — Christopher Hitchens 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
His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I have nothing but contempt for the deceitful thing men call 'happiness,' and find myself with no choice but to push my… — Gen Urobuchi Copy Share Image
“Apollinaire said a poet should be 'of his time.' I say objects of the Digital Age belong in newspapers, not literature. When… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Many Europeans think that all Moroccans speak French, but no. I had to make an effort to learn it when I studied… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
A form of art that I like is portraiture. I've been thinking about portraiture, and its relationship to writing and literature, biography… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
I haven't the stature to critique one of our literature's great novels, Tobias; and I'm not one of those who believe The… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
Beginning in the 11th century, a less-fragmented Europe began to take shape, and what we now call medieval culture - in which… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“When little boys have learned a new bad word they are never happy till they have chalked it up on a door.… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
England still waits for the supreme moment of her literature--for the great poet who shall voice her, or, better still, for the… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will… — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
We used to flock to watch gladiators, public torture and executions. In more recent times, our appetite for mortal violence has been… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant… — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
The only people who have trouble with poetry are the people who link it with literature. It's much more akin to mountain-walking,… — Theo Dorgan Copy Share Image
Eroticism is born at a time in civilisation when sexual instinct becomes deanimalised and enriched with contributions from art and from literature.… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Each age, each guilty age, builds high walls around its Versailles; and personally I hate those walls most when they are made… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I initially studied literature [in France], and then I went to cinema school. I discovered the Cinematheque, and saw not only action… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
Literary genres and techniques tend to take form in one's mind somewhat the way computer templates provide form for different computer tasks. — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Fourteen years in the professor dodge has taught me that one can argue ingeniously on behalf of any theory, applied to any… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
![“It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved. In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/christopher-hitchens-117_bullying_it-defending-salmon-rushdie-was-if-i-can_1912195.jpg)
![“I initially studied literature [in France], and then I went to cinema school. I discovered the Cinematheque, and saw not only action movies and westerns, but also lots of serious movies.” quote by Costa-Gavras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/costa-gavras-22487_action_i-initially-studied-literature-in-france_1255654.jpg)
