Automobile Quote by Raymond Chandler

Literature is a peculiarly public product of a particularly private endeavor.

— Valerie Miner

I haven't been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children's literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them.

— Beverly Cleary

As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.

— Cao Yu

Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.

— George Bernard Shaw

People have proven over and over that they will read if they are given something they like. The problem with reading is not reading,…

— Tucker Max

Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not literature, just entertainment.

— Mario

The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value.

— Ezra Taft Benson

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

— Ann Patchett

I believe that by releasing "passing interest/low keepsake-value literature" from the burden of physicality, you are actually releasing the words from their worst liability:…

— John Hodgman

No publication is a staple of life. It's not bread and water. You have to make it noteworthy in people's minds and even in…

— Timothy White

The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast scale, challenging…

— Katie Kitamura

What we lack is a basic willingness to see literature as providing some kind of necessary foundation. Our society still expects schools to prepare…

— Gwee Li Sui