Belonging Quote by Elif Batuman

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that…

— Chaim Potok

I don't think I'm particularly religious, although I'm a fan of a good story. It's extraordinary what stories can inspire people to do.

— Tara Fitzgerald

The study of the traditions doesn't necessarily make you want to convert to another tradition, but it helps you to see your own differently…

— Karen Armstrong

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your…

— Gayl Jones

It doesn't matter what tradition you come from, what religion you have or don't, what culture you were brought up in or what God…

— Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come…

— Alan Ball

I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional.

— Rick Moody

Primarily I am a passionately religious man, and my novels must be written from the depth of my religious experience.

— D. H. Lawrence

My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.

— Orhan Pamuk

“...the experience of reading a novel has certain qualities that remind us of the traditional apprehension of mythology. It can be seen as a…

— Karen Armstrong

I've studied my culture deeply and I'm very aware of my tradition.

— Fela Kuti

I'm not religious, but the tradition, the culture and the history are very important to me.

— Lauren Cohan