Books Quote by Olga Tokarczuk

By the age of nine I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and…

— Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be…

— Andrzej Wajda

Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.

— Jessica Mitford

What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That's…

— Jonathan Miller

Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.

— P. T. Barnum

Polish culture has always had a strong anti-Semitic undercurrent. There has been awful persecution.

— Olga Tokarczuk

Translated literature can be fascinating. There's something so intriguing about reading the text second hand - a piece of prose that has already been…

— Katie Kitamura

An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century.

— Eleanor Catton

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world

— Anonymous

The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're…

— Ian MacKaye

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your…

— Octavia Butler

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

— Phil Collins

On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On…

— Andrzej Wajda

I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.…

— Megan Fox

Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.…

— Roman Polanski