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Literary Quotes

Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description Picture Quote #1

I’m really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they’re reading my books other than the ones which are created by literary effects 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

I did think reviewers were supposed to be polite about story collections - collections are rather delicate creatures in the literary environment - but not everybody got this memo, I guess Picture Quote #1

Perhaps summer’s ephemeral nature is what inspires us to embrace the beach read. We tell ourselves that these twisted plots and wild characters are literary ice cream sundaes - extravagant treats that aren’t as calorie-laden when we’re wearing flip flops Picture Quote #1

I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement Picture Quote #1

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English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary Picture Quote #1

I have a lot in common with Lewis Carroll’s Alice (my favorite female literary heroine, besides Becky Sharp). I’ve been sent on a journey to places even bleach can’t reach Picture Quote #1

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that’s the end. Here’s another who’s never going to write well again Picture Quote #1

I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal’s office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career Picture Quote #1

In so many ways, being a literary agent is an irresistible job to me. Not only does it involve all the things I love - being an advocate for others, problem solving, and going to meetings - yes, that’s true, I love meetings, though everyone says it’s bizarre! - but most importantly, I love working with people whose writing excites me Picture Quote #1

I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure Picture Quote #1

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Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals Picture Quote #1

Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level Picture Quote #1

The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That’s the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That’s an option, too Picture Quote #1

I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of, say, Judaism, Anglicanism or Islam, and even participate in religious rituals such as marriages and funerals, without buying into the supernatural beliefs that historically went along with those traditions. We can give up belief in God while not losing touch with a treasured heritage Picture Quote #1

I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn’t believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me Picture Quote #1

Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power...it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits Picture Quote #1

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I read reviews and consider myself pretty ‘plugged in’ to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love best about book-touring is the opportunity to compare notes with favorite booksellers around the country. I always come home with books by authors I’d never heard of - or books I’ve read about but didn’t realize I might love Picture Quote #1

My greatest influence has been the blues. And that’s a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have Picture Quote #1

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete Picture Quote #1

As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center Picture Quote #1

One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank page. The blank page is the void, the absence of sense and feeling, the white light of literary death Picture Quote #1

I did actually sit down with a blank sheet of paper once. I think the phone rang and that was the end of my literary career Picture Quote #1

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Real people are made out of a whole lot of things-flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words Picture Quote #1

Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work Picture Quote #1

Japan, Germany, and India seem to me to have serious writers, readers, and book buyers, but the Netherlands has struck me as the most robust literary culture in the world Picture Quote #1

A good part of ‘The Information’ is about the transition from an oral to a literary culture. Books effected such a great transformation in the way we think about the world, our history, our logic, mathematics, you name it. I think we would be greatly diminished as a people and as a culture if the book became obsolete Picture Quote #1

I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures Picture Quote #1

Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis’ own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning Picture Quote #1

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Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description. (Literary Quotes) I’m really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they’re reading my books other than the ones which are created by literary effects. (Literary 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. (Literary Quotes) I did think reviewers were supposed to be polite about story collections - collections are rather delicate creatures in the literary environment - but not everybody got this memo, I guess. (Literary Quotes) Perhaps summer’s ephemeral nature is what inspires us to embrace the beach read. We tell ourselves that these twisted plots and wild characters are literary ice cream sundaes - extravagant treats that aren’t as calorie-laden when we’re wearing flip flops. (Literary Quotes) I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement. (Literary Quotes) English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary. (Literary Quotes) I have a lot in common with Lewis Carroll’s Alice (my favorite female literary heroine, besides Becky Sharp). I’ve been sent on a journey to places even bleach can’t reach. (Literary Quotes) When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that’s the end. Here’s another who’s never going to write well again. (Literary Quotes) I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal’s office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career. (Literary Quotes) In so many ways, being a literary agent is an irresistible job to me. Not only does it involve all the things I love - being an advocate for others, problem solving, and going to meetings - yes, that’s true, I love meetings, though everyone says it’s bizarre! - but most importantly, I love working with people whose writing excites me. (Literary Quotes) I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure (Literary Quotes) Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals. (Literary Quotes) Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level. (Literary Quotes) The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That’s the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That’s an option, too. (Literary Quotes) I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of, say, Judaism, Anglicanism or Islam, and even participate in religious rituals such as marriages and funerals, without buying into the supernatural beliefs that historically went along with those traditions. We can give up belief in God while not losing touch with a treasured heritage. (Literary Quotes) I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn’t believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me. (Literary Quotes) Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power...it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits. (Literary Quotes) I read reviews and consider myself pretty ‘plugged in’ to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love best about book-touring is the opportunity to compare notes with favorite booksellers around the country. I always come home with books by authors I’d never heard of - or books I’ve read about but didn’t realize I might love. (Literary Quotes) My greatest influence has been the blues. And that’s a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have. (Literary Quotes) For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete. (Literary Quotes) As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center. (Literary Quotes) One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank page. The blank page is the void, the absence of sense and feeling, the white light of literary death. (Literary Quotes) I did actually sit down with a blank sheet of paper once. I think the phone rang and that was the end of my literary career. (Literary Quotes) Real people are made out of a whole lot of things-flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words. (Literary Quotes) Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work. (Literary Quotes) Japan, Germany, and India seem to me to have serious writers, readers, and book buyers, but the Netherlands has struck me as the most robust literary culture in the world. (Literary Quotes) A good part of ‘The Information’ is about the transition from an oral to a literary culture. Books effected such a great transformation in the way we think about the world, our history, our logic, mathematics, you name it. I think we would be greatly diminished as a people and as a culture if the book became obsolete. (Literary Quotes) I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures. (Literary Quotes) Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis’ own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning. (Literary Quotes)

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