The writer studies literature, not the world.
Annie Dillard
It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
E. L. Doctorow
Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the... →
Carl Clinton Van Doren
Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.
William O. Douglas
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could... →
Rita Dove
Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much.
Glen Duncan
I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.
Marguerite Duras
As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.
David Eagleman
Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's... →
Terry Eagleton
Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup... →
Roger Ebert