Books Quote by Haruki Murakami

I myself wouldn't want to read a magazine that focuses solely on a small part of the literary field or of the popular culture…

— Toni Jerrman

English culture is highly literary-based.

— Peter Greenaway

I can write any kind of novel I want, any time, and sell it, but there's not that many people watching it. Even a…

— George Pelecanos

Literature deeply stands opposed to the dominant value system-the one that rewards money and power. Writers are on the other side-they make us sympathetic…

— Alain de Botton

I don't accept the idea that literature can be just entertainment and that there is no consequences of literature in the real world.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even in the…

— Paul Theroux

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is…

— Ezra Pound

Literature exists because the world isn't enough.

— Fernando Pessoa

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

As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.

— Cao Yu

We were trained as writers with the idea that literature is something that can change reality, that it's not just a very sophisticated entertainment…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I think that it's important for people to read philosophy and literature is not because I think everyone should be a well-rounded human being,…

— Siri Hustvedt