Accidents Quote by Max Beerbohm

I prefer to talk about the gift of literature rather than its role or task.

— Amos Oz

If [the writer] achieves anything noble, anything enduring, it must be by giving himself absolutely to his material. And this gift of sympathy is…

— Willa Cather

Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.

— Natalie Goldberg

The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

A gift of any kind is a considerable responsibility. It is a mystery in itself, something gratuitous and wholly undeserved, something whose real uses…

— Flannery O'Connor

In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her…

— J. M. Coetzee

The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.

— Michael Eric Dyson

“One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention--a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any author who…

— Ella J. Fraser

“It is an insult to a wise person when his motives for guiding are questioned. However, he understands that people aren’t used to free…

— Charbel Tadros

To any man who has slaved to acquire skill in his art, it is most irritating to have his ability referred to as a…

— Andrew Loomis

The strength of 'The Gift' is that the people featured and their stories are given the space to speak for themselves.

— Mel Giedroyc

Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.

— Ben Dolnick