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Literary Quotes

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic Picture Quote #1

When I first started writing in my early 20s it was literary criticism for a very eccentric magazine called Books And Bookmen, which allowed me to write, more or less anything Picture Quote #1

Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays Picture Quote #1

It’s never really easy to be successful as a writer when you’re trying to write literary fiction. You’ve already limited your readership limited by that choice Picture Quote #1

I learned English by watching soaps as a kid, and since I don’t have any formal education and can’t teach at the universities like other literary writers do Picture Quote #1

In new work, we need to see the shadow, however faint, of previous literary effort Picture Quote #1

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I had always been literary, in the sense of loving poetry and discovering novels, but I found my voice, as they say, in an office full of elderly people who looked after blind ex-servicemen Picture Quote #1

A script is a unique literary form, because it’s not the end product; it’s a blueprint. If you’re not thinking of that end product, there’s going to be a disconnect Picture Quote #1

As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be Picture Quote #1

In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English Picture Quote #1

Determining the value of individual texts has been an ideological scuffle in literary criticism for centuries: but the environmental cost of printing them hauls this dispute from the ivory tower into day-to-day decision-making. Is it right to write? The publishing industry is slowly beginning to commit to using sustainably harvested trees Picture Quote #1

In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person’s work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule Picture Quote #1

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I see myself as the literary equivalent of a skilled lathe-operator, or a basket-weaver; a potter, maybe: I make mildly diverting objects that people want to buy Picture Quote #1

Sex in a woman’s world has the same currency a penny has in a man’s. Every penny saved is a penny earned in one world and in the next every sexual adventure is a literary experience Picture Quote #1

Every utopia - let’s just stick with the literary ones - faces the same problem: What do you do with the people who don’t fit in? Picture Quote #1

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings Picture Quote #1

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents’ bookshelf Picture Quote #1

Faith for her was habit and family loyalty, a reverence for the Bible which was also literary, admiration for her mother and father. And then that thrilling quiet of which she had never felt any need to speak Picture Quote #1

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Now that I think about it, maybe my own literary exploration of the dark secrets held by families could be traced back to V.C. Andrews Picture Quote #1

So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it’s more useful to think of literary books and sci-fi/fantasy books as existing on a continuum Picture Quote #1

I’m still an obsessive personality, and I still think I’m right, and I still believe my literary balls hang far lower than nearly anyone else’s alive Picture Quote #1

Well, I’m very much a literary person. And my fashion always tells a story somehow. I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I’ve got books I need to read Picture Quote #1

It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment Picture Quote #1

I’m not a literary writer who is wedded to notions of realism and fiction. I believe that you can write anything if you can feel it convincingly Picture Quote #1

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I think speculative fiction has fewer unspoken prerequisites than literary fiction for writers of color Picture Quote #1

People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip Picture Quote #1

I research the role, and if it’s a literary character, I read the book, and if it’s an historical figure, I research documents and biographies. If it’s a fictional character, I work off the script Picture Quote #1

Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films and books on a spectacular industrial scale Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of funding of the media and film in particular, literary publishing gets recognized as culture. I think fashion should too Picture Quote #1

I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I’m not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure Picture Quote #1

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I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic (Literary Quotes) When I first started writing in my early 20s it was literary criticism for a very eccentric magazine called Books And Bookmen, which allowed me to write, more or less anything. (Literary Quotes) Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays. (Literary Quotes) It’s never really easy to be successful as a writer when you’re trying to write literary fiction. You’ve already limited your readership limited by that choice. (Literary Quotes) I learned English by watching soaps as a kid, and since I don’t have any formal education and can’t teach at the universities like other literary writers do. (Literary Quotes) In new work, we need to see the shadow, however faint, of previous literary effort (Literary Quotes) I had always been literary, in the sense of loving poetry and discovering novels, but I found my voice, as they say, in an office full of elderly people who looked after blind ex-servicemen. (Literary Quotes) A script is a unique literary form, because it’s not the end product; it’s a blueprint. If you’re not thinking of that end product, there’s going to be a disconnect. (Literary Quotes) As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be. (Literary Quotes) In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English. (Literary Quotes) Determining the value of individual texts has been an ideological scuffle in literary criticism for centuries: but the environmental cost of printing them hauls this dispute from the ivory tower into day-to-day decision-making. Is it right to write? The publishing industry is slowly beginning to commit to using sustainably harvested trees. (Literary Quotes) In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person’s work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule. (Literary Quotes) I see myself as the literary equivalent of a skilled lathe-operator, or a basket-weaver; a potter, maybe: I make mildly diverting objects that people want to buy. (Literary Quotes) Sex in a woman’s world has the same currency a penny has in a man’s. Every penny saved is a penny earned in one world and in the next every sexual adventure is a literary experience. (Literary Quotes) Every utopia - let’s just stick with the literary ones - faces the same problem: What do you do with the people who don’t fit in? (Literary Quotes) Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings. (Literary Quotes) I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents’ bookshelf. (Literary Quotes) Faith for her was habit and family loyalty, a reverence for the Bible which was also literary, admiration for her mother and father. And then that thrilling quiet of which she had never felt any need to speak. (Literary Quotes) Now that I think about it, maybe my own literary exploration of the dark secrets held by families could be traced back to V.C. Andrews. (Literary Quotes) So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it’s more useful to think of literary books and sci-fi/fantasy books as existing on a continuum. (Literary Quotes) I’m still an obsessive personality, and I still think I’m right, and I still believe my literary balls hang far lower than nearly anyone else’s alive. (Literary Quotes) Well, I’m very much a literary person. And my fashion always tells a story somehow. I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I’ve got books I need to read. (Literary Quotes) It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment. (Literary Quotes) I’m not a literary writer who is wedded to notions of realism and fiction. I believe that you can write anything if you can feel it convincingly. (Literary Quotes) I think speculative fiction has fewer unspoken prerequisites than literary fiction for writers of color. (Literary Quotes) People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip. (Literary Quotes) I research the role, and if it’s a literary character, I read the book, and if it’s an historical figure, I research documents and biographies. If it’s a fictional character, I work off the script. (Literary Quotes) Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films and books on a spectacular industrial scale. (Literary Quotes) There’s a lot of funding of the media and film in particular, literary publishing gets recognized as culture. I think fashion should too. (Literary Quotes) I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I’m not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure. (Literary Quotes)

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