Quote by Sianne Ngai

“much the way the proximity between real and virtual feeling in the concept of tone can produce anxiety for the literary theorist.”

— Sianne Ngai

“Authors are the curators of experience. They filter the world's noise, and out of that noise they make the purest signal they can-out of…

— Peter Mendelsund

In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer.

— A. B. Yehoshua

Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative breaks in…

— Edith Wharton

“all writers, given adequate technique—technique that communicates—can stir our interest in their special subject matter, since at heart all fiction treats, directly or indirectly,…

— John Gardner

“Producers increasingly insert overblown, hyper-emotional scenes even when the underlying conflict could be portrayed with calm or rational dialogue. The intent is not to…

— E. Ravago

“Once you fall into a steady ebb and flow of interpretation, you might experience a curious side effect: an influx of imagination.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

“A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true…

— Anonymous

“I delved especially into black writers. Their analogies were relevant to my own experiences, and I understood them better for that.”

— Tepilit Ole Saitoti

“Writers create impressions that inspire, stir emotions, evoke questions and sprinkle seeds of awe.”

— C. Toni Graham

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

— George Washington

“Shout out to all the Black writers who push the world forward by sharing the stories, lives, history, imaginations and magic of black culture.…

— Blitberry