Books Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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

— Edgar Allan Poe

Literature sort of makes your daily operation, your daily conduct, the management of your affairs in the society a bit more complex. And it…

— Joseph Brodsky

“Some kinds of literature demand to be treated respectfully. The obligation is on the reader to live up to them and not so much…

— Phyllis Rose

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none

— Jules Renard

Literature often gets taught nowadays as a record of the sins and shortcomings of the past. I see literature and the arts very differently:…

— Brian Boyd

Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would no more…

— Edward Abbey

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal.…

— Mo Yan

I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little structure, people…

— Sara Sheridan

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it…

— Philip Roth

“Our job, then, is two-fold: to focus on our own failings as writers. But also to speak more forcefully as advocates for literature. Books…

— Steve Almond

I look upon literature as an art, and I believe that if you misuse it or abuse it, it will leave you. It is…

— Katherine Anne Porter

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

— Rebecca Serle