Aware Quote by Samantha Shannon

My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to…

— Samantha Shannon

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy.

— Lois Lowry

I think that I am profoundly influenced by writers who have explored loss, and longing, and fear. Those influences have turned me into a…

— Christopher Rice

Poets are interested mostly in death and commas.

— Carolyn Kizer

I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'

— Alexander Skarsgard

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

— Dan Simmons

I think there are different kinds of poetry for different stages of life and there's the wild, exuberance of youth, there's the painful agony…

— Edward Hirsch

“We've inherited many ideas about writing that emerged in the eighteenth century, especially an interest in literature as both an expression and an exploration…

— James Shapiro

I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly…

— Francesca Lia Block

The kind of dystopian books that I've always loved the most are the ones where you find yourself in a world that's less scorched-earth…

— Laura van den Berg

When I was young, my knowledge of the literary world was a distorted tabloid sketch of dazzling fame, suffering genius, and tragic glamour. It…

— Robin Beth Schaer

I studied art at Queens College, taking very few courses in literature. But I've always loved reading poetry and grew up enjoying the so-called…

— Douglas Florian