Context Quote by Andrea Hirata

The text is merely one of the contexts of a piece of literature, its lexical or verbal one, no more or less important than…

— Leslie Fiedler

The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.

— Jorge Luis Borges

When I say it doesn't make much difference, I mean in terms of the importance of the piece of literature.

— Elie Wiesel

Literature matters so much to me I can hardly stand it.

— David Shields

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in…

— Norman Spinrad

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.

— Virginia Woolf

One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

— Rick Moody

“The greatness of a writer has nothing to do with subject matter itself, only with how much the subject matter touches the author.”

— Boris Pasternak

“Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of utterance.”

— Evelyn Waugh

I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.

— Robert Metcalfe

Literary devices are used in everything you do, but more importantly in what you say.

— Mariam Eldoma