Book Quote by Paul Theroux

“Let me be very clear. For me geography does not exist! I strongly object to the whole concept of “foreign literature”...and speaking of national…

— Antonio Lobo Antunes

Literature is the most beautiful of countries

— Jose Marti

The United States, democratic and various though it is, is not an easy country for a fiction-writer to enter: the slot between the fantastic…

— John Updike

English culture is highly literary-based.

— Peter Greenaway

Every country should have a strong literary tradition of its own at the center, but it should also have an interest in other countries.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite relieved to…

— John Gimlette

I'm from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something…

— Anne Fortier

I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections…

— Kenzaburo Oe

Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete…

— Haruki Murakami

When I worked as an editor, I read new novels being published in India every few days. They excited me tremendously for the first…

— Karan Mahajan

I don't have doctrinaire views about how we should relate to Asia. But novelists reflect the world they live in, and that world propels…

— Christopher Koch

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and…

— Hope Davis