Accepted Quote by Raymond Carver

Here lies the sense of literary creation to portray ordinary objects as they will be reflected in kindly mirrors of future times. . .…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“I think that here lies the sense of literary creation: to portray ordinary objects as they will be reflected in the kindly mirrors of…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Reading is a privileged pleasure because each of us enjoys it, quite complexly, in ways not replicable by anyone else. But there is enough…

— Robert Alter

“I have always thought that art is not a category, not a realm covering innumerable concepts and derivative phenomena, but that, on the contrary,…

— Boris Pasternak

There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“The sense of literary creation is to portray ordinary objects as they will be reflected in the kindly mirrors of future times; to find…

— Vladimir Nabokov

A literary creation can appeal to us in all sorts of ways-by its theme, subject, situations, characters. But above all it appeals to us…

— Boris Pasternak

“Revelation is a literary work composed with astonishing care and skill. We should certainly not doubt that John had remarkable visionary experiences, but he…

— Richard Bauckham

“Indeed, the Bible has been cast adrift from its moorings and left to float on a sea of modern relativity. The “play” of meanings…

— Grant R. Osborne

“It was only much later that he was made flesh and blood [in the Gospels] on paper. Thus Christ was created as a literary…

— Paul Louis Couchoud

What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important…

— David Robinson

“You'll have less heartaches and disappointments if you stop seeking from others the things ONLY God and you can give yourself!”

— Yvonne Pierre