Books Quote by Mario Vargas Llosa

My weapon is literature

— Chinua Achebe

I grew up reading a lot on literature and all of that.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Reading, like writing, was a survival strategy when I was young because these were ways of feeling that my world could be much larger…

— Leigh Bardugo

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very…

— Wilbur Smith

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think,…

— Ron Rash

I had originally been looking at writing, including fiction.

— Ben Rhodes

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

One of the epiphanies I had was that I got into publishing because I love literature.

— Chris Pavone

Literature ... is the rediscovery of childhood.

— Georges Bataille

Literature has always been the greatest fuel for my imagination.

— Carrie Coon