Been Quote by Katherine Dunn

“Every sport pretends to be literature. . .”

— Alistair Cooke

For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad'…

— Denis O'Hare

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual…

— Raymond Queneau

It's hard to write a war story without thinking about the 'Iliad.' Because the 'Iliad' knows everything about war.

— Chang-Rae Lee

I think there are more good sportswriters doing more good sportswriting than ever before. But I also believe that the one thing that's largely…

— Frank Deford

The basic story of "The Iliad" seems not even very servicable, for it has few parallels anywhere.

— Cedric H Whitman

“If there's another thing that sportswriting teaches you, it is that there are no transcendent themes in life. In all cases things are here…

— Richard Ford

Every sport pretends to a literature, but people don't believe it of any other sport but their own.

— Alistair Cooke

“the surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definite, and concrete. The greatest writers—Homer, Dante, Shakespeare—are…

— Robert W. Bly

“If there's another thing that sportswriting teaches you, it is that there are no transcendent themes in life. In all cases things are here…

— Richard Ford

When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over…

— Rick Bragg

We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stories are basically human stories with…

— Bryant Gumbel