Acceptable Quote by John Edensor Littlewood

“This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher…

— Joseph Conrad

Everything is allowable in literature, but what is not allowable in criticism is objection on the grounds of probability.

— Howard Jacobson

I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who…

— David Eddings

So I have no grounds to complain; on the contrary, writers should consider the condition of permanent controversiality to be invigorating, part of the…

— Gunter Grass

If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it is not…

— Ayn Rand

“Self-censorship can be very damaging to a story. When our chief goal is not to offend someone, we are not likely to write a…

— Katherine Paterson

Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn't like what people were doing.

— Michael Berryman

“I would not employ an author to referee a Ping-Pong match. By their very nature they are biased and bloody-minded. Better put a fox…

— Jack McClelland

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

— W. H. Auden

. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that for this…

— Vincent de Paul

A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

You had censorship. If you brought a manuscript to the publisher, you knew he would suggest changes. If you wanted to write and speak…

— Stefan Heym