Batman Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

— Rick Moody

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in…

— Salman Rushdie

Literature is one of the few kinds of writing in the world that does not tell you what to buy, want, see, be, or…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Literature is about telling stories.

— Amos Oz

Literature is humanity talking to itself.

— Norman Rush

The big problem with literature is people tend to take the dialogue from the book, forgetting that everything that surrounds it is literate, therefore…

— John Hurt

Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It…

— Abraham Verghese

I've never been very interested in literary narrative in movies, it always seems an obligatory trait and the least interesting of all the things…

— Rick Alverson

Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an…

— Philip Roth

Literature allows us to be open, to listen, and to be curious.

— Tracy K. Smith

“In our modern world, this elemental quality of storytelling is denied. We live today in a world in which everything has its place and…

— Michael Richardson

“It is not a single cowardice that drives us into fiction's fantasies. We often fear that literature is a game we can't afford to…

— William H. Gass