Books Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there…

— Andrew Barger

“There’s plenty of serious stuff that works to cord the muscles of literary merit. But”

— Michael Robotham

“A true writer does not seek wealth or fame does seek to find himself in each of his readers souls.”

— Julia Joanne Black

“For me, literature is a revolutionary force, it requires courage and risk-taking, it must have the ability to thrust you out of your comfort…

— Margaret Mazzantini

“Though I have been busy, perhaps overbusy, all my life, it seems to me now that I have accomplished little that matters, that the…

— Wallace Stegner

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant thing, because…

— Alaa Alghamdi

“Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art.”

— Lisa C. Taylor

Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in them, merits…

— David Hume

“Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it and it has not changed except to become more needed.…

— John Steinbeck

“One that has well digested his knowledge both of books and men, has little enjoyment but in the company of a few select companions.…

— David Hume