Avoid Quote by Thomas Bernhard

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

— Anne Fadiman

I start writing when I overcome my disgust with literature.

— Danilo Kis

I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life.

— James Branch Cabell

I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character.

— Tillie Olsen

Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy…

— Cesare Pavese

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

— Fernando Pessoa

I have no literary approach - except to literature.

— George Balanchine

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

— Anonymous

I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.

— Robert Metcalfe

Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It…

— Abraham Verghese

No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life.

— Laura Esquivel

I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.

— Tony Kushner