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Family Literature Quotes

I was born in Cincinnati, ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother’s side of the family in general were interested in literature Picture Quote #1

Women’s books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it’s a woman, she’s ‘spilling her guts,’ and it’s not art Picture Quote #1

I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both Picture Quote #1

My dad’s side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There’s an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It’s very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. It’s very warm, it’s very up, it’s very down. I would celebrate that Picture Quote #1

Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives and obscene stories Picture Quote #1

The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family Picture Quote #1

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Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a working-class Catholic family in south Louisiana. I went to a state university. I taught literature, wrote a novel that was the novel I wanted to write, and got a couple of good reviews but no real traction. I had no idea how to get a job in TV Picture Quote #1

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work Picture Quote #1

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash Picture Quote #1

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I was born in Cincinnati, ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother’s side of the family in general were interested in literature (Family Literature Quotes) Women’s books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it’s a woman, she’s ‘spilling her guts,’ and it’s not art (Family Literature Quotes) I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both (Family Literature Quotes) My dad’s side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There’s an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It’s very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. It’s very warm, it’s very up, it’s very down. I would celebrate that (Family Literature Quotes) Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives and obscene stories. (Family Literature Quotes) The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family. (Family Literature Quotes) Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author. (Family Literature Quotes) I grew up in a working-class Catholic family in south Louisiana. I went to a state university. I taught literature, wrote a novel that was the novel I wanted to write, and got a couple of good reviews but no real traction. I had no idea how to get a job in TV. (Family Literature Quotes) My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work (Family Literature Quotes) The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash (Family Literature Quotes)