Books Quote by Alberto Manguel

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it.

— Anonymous

“Literature is a struggle over the nature of reality.”

— Richard Wright

“Literature cannot be reality in a same way as literature cannot be idealistic.”

— Shankar Lamichhane

Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.

— Romain Gary

The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.

— Northrop Frye

“Literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter,…

— James Baldwin

Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.

— Chinua Achebe

Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

— John M. Ford

Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention.…

— Dean Koontz

Reality, if rightly interpreted, is grander than fiction.

— Thomas Carlyle

Whether there is such a thing as Reality, of which the various levels are only partial aspects, or whether there are only levels, is…

— Italo Calvino

Literature is the question minus the answer.

— Roland Barthes