Books Quote by Michael Cunningham

“Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art.”

— Lisa C. Taylor

“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant thing, because…

— Alaa Alghamdi

“Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it and it has not changed except to become more needed.…

— John Steinbeck

It perhaps might be said--if any one dared--that the most worthless literature of the world has been that which has been written by the…

— Stephen Crane

“He is our man's-man of literature.”

— Andrew Barger

“We studied men like him at school – protected gentlemen, rich gentlemen, white gentlemen, who picked up pens and wrote the world for the…

— Jessie Burton

The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion…

— John Steinbeck

“For whatever the era, nationality, gender and genre; whether realistic, traditional, fabulist, historical, fantasist, minimalist, crossover, the writer worthy of the literary arts and…

— Gregorio C. Brillantes

“In every author, let us distinguish the man from his work.”

— Voltaire

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for literature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It was possible to explore the 'great tradition' of the English novel and believe that in doing so you were addressing questions of fundamental…

— Terry Eagleton

“For me, literature is a revolutionary force, it requires courage and risk-taking, it must have the ability to thrust you out of your comfort…

— Margaret Mazzantini