Atrophy Quote by William Faulkner

I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.

— Gary Shteyngart

I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a relatively niche…

— Nick Antosca

I certainly think we're going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels.

— Charlaine Harris

I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I hope that…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I believe that written stories will continue to survive because they answer an essential human need. I think movies might disappear before the novel…

— Jonathan Lethem

Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.

— John Updike

I do think that in the near future, if it hasn't happened already, people will be able to use technology to design their own…

— Don DeLillo

The thing about literature is that, yes, there are kind of tides of fashion, you know; people come in and out of fashion; writers…

— Salman Rushdie

It seems to me that literature is giving way a little bit to the immediacy of other diversions, other forms of entertainment. What will…

— James Salter

I think literature has lost it's power. Great novels continue to be written, but they are no longer changing the world.

— Don DeLillo

“Our future depends on stories. As the world advances, literature has the ability to ground us—in our humanness, our imaginations, and our enlightenment.”

— Pawan Mishra

I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.

— Zosia Mamet