Books Quote by Gao Xingjian

No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from…

— Northrop Frye

The road that led me to literature was very different from the one followed by my fellow writers in Poland.

— Marek Hlasko

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a…

— Julian Barnes

“In this country [England], writers write to entertain, they raise questions of individual existence...but for a Nigerian writer in my position you can't go…

— Ken Saro-Wiwa

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of messages.”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages. ”

— Vanessa M. Chattman

“In the end he read everything that came his way, and he did not have a favorite author but rather many who had been…

— Gabriel García Márquez

Literature transcends national boundaries, racial boundaries. It goes deep into the issues that concern all human beings. That is why, when people read Greek…

— Gao Xingjian

Biologically and physiologically, we are not equal. Some of us learn better at different times of day. Some learn best visually, some auditorially, some…

— Leo Buscaglia

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.

— T Bone Burnett

I gave up a lot of money to stay with the Braves four different times and I don't regret any second of it.

— John Smoltz

At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions,…

— Alberto Manguel

“He remembered the good times with them all, and the quarrels. They always picked the finest places to have the quarrels. And why had…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Life is like a game of cards. It deals you different hands at different times. You don’t have that old hand anymore, Leo. Look…

— Barbara Delinsky

People go through different stages of their lives at different times. If you're out of sync with your friend group, that gets exploded once…

— Jon Hamm