Book Quote by Rachel Kushner

The poetic image […] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant past resounds…

— Gaston Bachelard

The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the psyche

— Gaston Bachelard

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

— Gaston Bachelard

The poetic image exists apart from causality.

— Gaston Bachelard

The poetic myths are dead; and the poetic image, which is the myth of the individual, reigns in their stead.

— Cecil Day-Lewis

I begin each book with a challenge to myself.

— Laura Lippman

It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.

— Tove Jansson

The only possible way to begin a book is to tell oneself that its eventual failure is guaranteed — but survivable.

— Alain de Botton

When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that…

— David Brin

“I am always concerned when people, finding out that I am a writer, apologise and say, “I’m not much of a reader actually. I…

— Fay Weldon

“quite the right way to begin a book. And, besides, am I a gentleman? What is a gentleman? I don't quite know, and yet…

— H. Rider Haggard

“To change the world, a country, an organization, a community, a relationship, begin with the smallest seed of change: begin with yourself. That is…

— Gloria Burgess