“The true elitists in the literary world are the ones who have become annoyed by literary ambition in any form, who have… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“This is what Laura loved about literature. You could see things in it that perhaps weren’t there, but might be. And even… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
I decided to write Leadership BS because I was irritated by the hypocrisy in the leadership literature and the fact that many… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“More than half a century ago, the classic novels of totalitarianism warned of the domination of screens, the suppression of books, the… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“The other night we talked about literature's elimination of the unessential, so that we are given a concentrated "dose" of life. I… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“A midst deceit I found the truth; there in the rough I found a diamond. And from the moment we met, I… — Donato DiCristino Copy Share Image
As far as people communicating with each other well I think that listening is important. You know really trying to read between… — Joy Behar Copy Share Image
“Burnout at its deepest level is not the result of some train wreck of examinations, long call shifts, or poor clinical evaluations.… — Richard Gunderman Copy Share Image
Crossing out is an art that is, perhaps, even more difficult than writing. It requires the sharpest eye to decide what is… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
[Bob Dylan] is principally a recording artist, and if he weren't, it is unthinkable he would have had such an impact. He… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
“You may have noticed that the books you really love are bound together by a secret thread. You know very well what… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Do you know what the worst thing about literature is? said Don Pancracio. I knew, but I pretended I didn't. What? I… — Roberto Bolaño translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer Copy Share Image
“Book Bans Are Dumb (Sonnet 1587) Book bans are dumb, It makes the mind numb. If banning books were justice, Middle ages… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
As countless as grains of sand by the sea are human passions, and they all differ; all of them, vile or lofty,… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Books should confuse. Literature abhors the typical. Literature flows to the particular, the mundane, the greasiness of paper, the taste of warm… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them… — Barbara Cooney Copy Share Image
“In employing the long sentence the inexperienced writer should not strain after the heavy, ponderous type. Johnson and Carlyle used such a… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
Plays are literature: the word, the idea. Film is much more like the form in which we dream - in action and… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
“Sang Ly, we are literature-our lives, our hopes, our desires, our despairs, our passions, our strengths, our weaknesses. Stories express our longing… — Camron Wright Copy Share Image
What people that are professionals in the art world - both in literature and the other arts - always try to do… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
In order to live in a different country, you have to love something there. You have to love something there. You have… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: "You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
“Literature is as old as human language, and as new as tomorrow's sunrise. And literature is everywhere, not only in books, but… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
More people work at Walmart than anywhere else in the United States, but you wouldn't know that from our literature. I'm trying… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“To write is to forget. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Music soothes, the visual arts exhilarates, the performing… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
But Zarathustra made it clear in which direction the answer lay; it is towards the artist-psychologist, the intuitional thinker. There are very… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
If the detective should suffer overmuch from the artistic temperament, and his fellow lodger should dwell overlong upon the fairness of a… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“In general, [. . .] novel-theorists have nothing very urgent or interesting to say about literature. Why then do they write when… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres… — David Brin 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
“What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
My daughter is reading various Young Adult vampire stuff, and I ask her, "Is there even a bad vampire in the story?"… — Mike Mignola Copy Share Image
I would describe myself as a writer and a student of media. If there's a central idea in media theory, it's to… — McKenzie Wark 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
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