Books Quote by Joseph Brodsky

As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of…

— Joseph Brodsky

Language and, presumably, literature are more ancient and inevitable, more durable than any form of social organization. The revulsion, irony, or indifference often expressed…

— Joseph Brodsky

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everythingin every…

— Salman Rushdie

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

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 the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in…

— Salman Rushdie

“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 an ethical leap. It is a moral decision. A perilous exercise in constant failure. Literature should have grievances, because there are so…

— Miguel Syjuco

Literature is the expression of society.

— Charles Nodier

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.

— Linda Sue Park