Balzac Quotes

9 quotes by 9 authors

• I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I… — Maya Angelou
• All the critics who could not make their reputations by discovering you are hoping to make them by predicting hopefully your approaching impotence, failure and… — Ernest Hemingway
• The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all… — William Faulkner
• I have learned more [from Balzac] than from all the professional historians, economists, and statisticians put together. — Friedrich Engels
• My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of… — Umberto Eco
• I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• Succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake. — Jonathan Safran Foer
• Balzac loved courtesans. They were independent women, and in the 19th century, that was a breed that was just evolving. — Twyla Tharp
• Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an… — Oscar Wilde

Who Wrote These Balzac Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 9 Balzac Quotes as follows:

• 1 Balzac Quote by Maya Angelou
• 1 Balzac Quote by Ernest Hemingway
• 1 Balzac Quote by William Faulkner
• 1 Balzac Quote by Friedrich Engels
• 1 Balzac Quote by Umberto Eco
• 1 Balzac Quote by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• 1 Balzac Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer
• 1 Balzac Quote by Twyla Tharp
• 1 Balzac Quote by Oscar Wilde