With certain rapturous exceptions, literature is the moral life.
Cynthia Ozick
Literature is for the sake of humanity.
If I've ever regretted anything, it was putting all my eggs in one basket, holing up and kneeling at the altar of literature, instead of going... →
The Gospel of Judas is a kind of protest literature. It's challenging leaders of the church.
Elaine Pagels
The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered on the stage. Everything I... →
Chuck Palahniuk
I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.
Linda Sue Park
Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I... →
James Payn
In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.
The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up... →
The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can... →
Alexander Payne