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I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance…

— Mo Yan

Literature matters so much to me I can hardly stand it.

— David Shields

Literature is a far more ancient and viable thing than any social formation or state. And just as the state interferes in literature, literature…

— Joseph Brodsky

Literature offers not just a window into the culture of diverse regions, but also the society, the politics; it's the only place where we…

— Reza Aslan

The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of…

— Lionel Trilling

Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It…

— Abraham Verghese

To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the…

— Richard Bausch

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in…

— Norman Spinrad

“But the thing about Literature is, well, basically it encapsulates all the disciplines - it's history, philosophy, politics, sexual politics, sociology, psychology, linguistics, science.…

— David Nicholls

Literature is the adventure. It's the story, it's the fight, it's people falling in love, it's people with deep personality disorders who succeed anyway…

— Walter Mosley

Literature is humanity's broad-minded alter-ego, with room in its heart for monsters, even for you. It's humanity without the judgement.

— Glen Duncan

I'm not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind, urban and…

— Nicola Griffith