Books Quote by Stephen Greenblatt

The greatest pleasure is not - say - sex or geometry. It is just understanding. And if you can get people to understand their…

— William Golding

Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.

— Barbara Pym

Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to…

— S. E. Hinton

I see no reason in morality, why literature should not have as one of its intentions the arousing of thoughts of lust. It is…

— Anonymous

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk

Literature is for the sake of humanity.

— Cynthia Ozick

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

— Paul Theroux

You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else.

— Nora Roberts

I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.

— Ruskin Bond

Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a…

— Anonymous

Literature is an ethical leap. It is a moral decision. A perilous exercise in constant failure. Literature should have grievances, because there are so…

— Miguel Syjuco

If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer.

— Nora Roberts