Authors Quote by Alok Mishra

A book doesn't have to be a literary classic, of course, to change us forever.

— Pico Iyer

Kafka was certainly one of the great literary talents of the twentieth century, but he did not find his way to his own style…

— Reiner Stach

I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great…

— Yann Martel

These were in the days before anybody thought to criticize Congressmen, let alone first ladies, for making money on speeches. So Eleanor raked in…

— William A. Rusher

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am…

— John Grisham

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.

— Manuel Puig

We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to…

— George Brandis

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

— Michael Scott

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument…

— Lafcadio Hearn

“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as a collective…

— Alok Mishra