I think that the superhero-as-metaphor involves a superhero being some sort of intellectual, emotional, or other such concept writ large. But I… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
Randian heroes come off as metaphors for Jews because they are beset by irrational forces that try to bar them from the… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Metaphorically, organizations are like vegetable gardens, where each capability is a different type of vegetable growing in the garden.” — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got into trouble, there was no… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
When we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual… — Frank Fools Crow Copy Share Image
Whatever kind of story you're telling, whether it's a genre piece for a comic book or whatever it is, it has importance… — Seth Gabel Copy Share Image
“He was a priest now, pagan, half-naked in the night, performing obscure rites of interment. Or he was the lead player in… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
“This kindness, this stupid kindness, is what is most truly human in a human being. It is what sets man apart, the… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A good title should be like a good metaphor. It should intrigue without being too baffling or too obvious. — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person we’re reading about, while reading about them. That’s why there… — John Green Copy Share Image
“As I turned to leave, I looked down. Beside my foot, a sprout of greenery was clawing its way through the pristine… — J.D. Stroube Copy Share Image
Dumped doesn't even begin to describe it. If you're going to use a trash metaphor, incinerated is more like it. — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
Now, that can be a traditional form or it can be something you're inventing. It can be the development of a metaphor,… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I attended [Sir Humphry] Davy's lectures to renew my stock of metaphors. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Sport is a seductive metaphor (life as a game in which we gain victory through hard work, discipline, and visualizing success). but… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
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