Books Quote by Stephen King

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.

— Boris Pasternak

“That was the chief difference between literature and life. In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality, very low.”

— Aldous Huxley

“This is why I write: I believe the ordinary world is filled with extraordinary stories.”

— Lucy Ke

Life's so ordinary that literature has to deal with the exceptional. Exceptional talent, power, social position, wealth.... Dramabegins where there's freedom of choice. And…

— Aldous Huxley

“For whatever the era, nationality, gender and genre; whether realistic, traditional, fabulist, historical, fantasist, minimalist, crossover, the writer worthy of the literary arts and…

— Gregorio C. Brillantes

“You ordinary people who read and do not write, who 'like to read' and know nothing of the sufferings of writers, how fortunate you…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is chosen by others.”

— Andre Malraux

“Literature starts by being personal, but the deeper we go inside the more we become everybody.”

— Donald Hall

“...the representation of human character and personality remains always the supreme literary value, whether in drama, lyric or narrative. I am naive enough to…

— Harold Bloom

“I have found that a writer is formed not so much by their experiences but by the way in which they view and capture…

— H Raven Rose

“Literature supplements the lives of people and enables us to feel connected with the world. Shared stories blunt a sense of tragic aloneness, and…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Writers are, as a profession, nothing if not eccentric.”

— Sara Sheridan