About Quote by Per Petterson

At the time I was growing up, literature was involved with the so-called confessional poets. And I was not interested in that. I did…

— Mary Oliver

I can only speak for myself. But what I write and how I write is done in order to save my own life. And…

— Barbara Christian

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

— Tracy K. Smith

I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.

— Robert Metcalfe

Literature has guided me through my whole life.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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 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

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

— Ernest L. Boyer

Literature sort of makes your daily operation, your daily conduct, the management of your affairs in the society a bit more complex. And it…

— Joseph Brodsky

Literature speaks with everyone individually - it is personal property that stays inside our heads. And nothing speaks to us as forcefully as a…

— Herta Muller

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 presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are as rich,…

— Chaim Potok