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Bad Literature Quotes

Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife Picture Quote #1

Most literature everywhere and of every time is bad Picture Quote #1

The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light and Africans in very lurid terms. The reason for this had to do with the need to justify the slave trade and slavery Picture Quote #1

You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the Third Reich, when stories and images were used to tell lies. After the war, literature was careful not to do the same, which is why writers began to reflect on the stories they told and to make readers part of their texts. I do the same Picture Quote #1

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 become good movies, like ‘Jaws’ or ‘The Godfather.’ Picture Quote #1

And in down times it shakes a lot of the bad SF out, a lot the stuff that was bought for literary reasons, which is neither entertaining nor great literature Picture Quote #1

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It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars Picture Quote #1

I’m from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something becomes a success, it has to be bad, and then they’ll do everything they can to stab it to death Picture Quote #1

I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature Picture Quote #1

The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, ‘It’s not literature unless is ends badly,’ and I really don’t like that. There’s enough misery and bad things happening in the world Picture Quote #1

I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad literature. I was not allowed to read Nancy Drew or books like that. I often say to him that me becoming a crime author is both a way of pleasing him and annoying him Picture Quote #1

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another Picture Quote #1

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It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written Picture Quote #1

Bad literature of the sort called amusing is spiritual gin Picture Quote #1

Bad literature is a form of treason Picture Quote #1

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater Picture Quote #1

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places Picture Quote #1

Periods of rapid and fundamental change were never favourable for literature. Significant works, have nearly always and everywhere been created in periods of stability, be it good or bad Picture Quote #1

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I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature Picture Quote #1

But this lump does not absolve me, because I got it through heedlessness, not though courage. I run my tongue over my lip and what do I do? I write. But bad literature brings no redemption Picture Quote #1

Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case it would be bad literature; in the latter good Picture Quote #1

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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife (Bad Literature Quotes) Most literature everywhere and of every time is bad (Bad Literature Quotes) The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light and Africans in very lurid terms. The reason for this had to do with the need to justify the slave trade and slavery (Bad Literature Quotes) You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the Third Reich, when stories and images were used to tell lies. After the war, literature was careful not to do the same, which is why writers began to reflect on the stories they told and to make readers part of their texts. I do the same. (Bad Literature Quotes) 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 become good movies, like ‘Jaws’ or ‘The Godfather.’ (Bad Literature Quotes) And in down times it shakes a lot of the bad SF out, a lot the stuff that was bought for literary reasons, which is neither entertaining nor great literature. (Bad Literature Quotes) It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars. (Bad Literature Quotes) I’m from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something becomes a success, it has to be bad, and then they’ll do everything they can to stab it to death. (Bad Literature Quotes) I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature (Bad Literature Quotes) The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, ‘It’s not literature unless is ends badly,’ and I really don’t like that. There’s enough misery and bad things happening in the world (Bad Literature Quotes) I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad literature. I was not allowed to read Nancy Drew or books like that. I often say to him that me becoming a crime author is both a way of pleasing him and annoying him (Bad Literature Quotes) Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another (Bad Literature Quotes) It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written (Bad Literature Quotes) Bad literature of the sort called amusing is spiritual gin (Bad Literature Quotes) Bad literature is a form of treason (Bad Literature Quotes) People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater (Bad Literature Quotes) Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places (Bad Literature Quotes) Periods of rapid and fundamental change were never favourable for literature. Significant works, have nearly always and everywhere been created in periods of stability, be it good or bad (Bad Literature Quotes) I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature (Bad Literature Quotes) But this lump does not absolve me, because I got it through heedlessness, not though courage. I run my tongue over my lip and what do I do? I write. But bad literature brings no redemption (Bad Literature Quotes) Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case it would be bad literature; in the latter good (Bad Literature Quotes)