Literary works Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I find myself drawn to literature more now than in the past; not the individual works as much as the idea of literature—the heroic…

— Ruth Ozeki

“Each literature bears its freight of the eclipsed; each generation shows us writers in the process of disappearing.”

— Keith Botsford

Literary generations come and go, and each generation passeth away and is heard of no more. In the end, simply the making itself -…

— Michael Dirda

People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness.

— Anonymous

“Anyone longing to become a writer, for even a few moments of his life, will vainly weave fantastic events unless he has experienced that…

— Ivan Klima

“No matter how much enthusiasm and effort you put into writing, if you totally lack literary talent you can forget about being a novelist.”

— Haruki Murakami

One of the things you get to do as a writer is that you get to learn new stuff all the time, and I…

— Justin Cronin

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and…

— Annie Dillard

“Yes, I know what you mean about writing and writers. We seem to have lost the target. Writers seem to write to be known…

— Charles Bukowski

“As writers we intend to make a difference, to alter people's lives for the greater good. . .this is why we write, to have…

— Lee Gutkind

Every few seconds a new book sees the light of day. Most of them will just be a part of the hum that makes…

— Ivan Klíma