Romance Quote by Clarice Lispector

“I rely on images of violence, which bring the shock of pain, to penetrate the barriers people erect and defend, not simple defenses; the…

— Jim Morrison

“The act of writing, it seems to me, makes up a shelter, allows space to what would otherwise be hidden, crossed out, mutilated. Sometimes…

— Meena Alexander

“I have a really vivid imagination and I find it difficult to read scenes of complete graphic violence. That's not to say that graphic…

— Sara Sheridan

“In this dark and wounded society, writing can give you the pleasures of the woodpecker, of hollowing out a hole in a tree where…

— Anne Lamott

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Any of us who listen to the news or listen to stories our neighbors tell are accustomed to violence. We have to decide then…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

“Paradoxically, that large screen in the cavernous, crowded room creates intimacy. And violence is an intimate act. If you are punching someone, or if…

— D.K. Holm

“Critical personal writing enables the author to penetrate mental falsities that imprison him or her in fearfulness, bitterness, and jealously and encompass the reverential…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It’s attractive because it’s simple, it’s direct, it’s almost always available as…

— Corey, James S. A

“As a writer you slant all evidence in favor of the conclusions you want to produce and you rarely tilt in favor of the…

— Bret Easton Ellis

“Violence is central in our lives, a constant and unavoidable reality. Experience is not a linear construct moving from one point to another -…

— Toi Derricotte

“From the cave to the skyscraper, from the club to weapons of mass destruction, from the tautological life of the tribe to the era…

— Mario Vargas Llosa