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Literary Quotes

One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well Picture Quote #1

I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I’d never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground Picture Quote #1

The disappointing second novel is measured against the brilliant first novel - often no novel lives up to the first. Literary improvement seems like an unfair expectation Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if memoirs can produce literary work of the first order. But I do know that novels are doing it only rarely Picture Quote #1

I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than the top one percent of literary novels Picture Quote #1

German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature Picture Quote #1

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My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for the smallest amount of money my literary agent had ever negotiated for a work of fiction Picture Quote #1

When I write plays, I’m already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so forth. I don’t think I’ve ever written one play as an abstract piece, as a literary piece, floating in the air somewhere, to be flushed out later on Picture Quote #1

Anuj Bahari has always been a really good literary agent for me. What a good agent does is that he manages many of your business aspects so you can keep your time free for writing Picture Quote #1

Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud’s psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments Picture Quote #1

On the subject of literary genres, I’ve always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I’d love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story Picture Quote #1

If there’s any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out Picture Quote #1

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Give me a literary love that doesn’t need words, that flows like silent water and speaks to the bone. There I lose myself in the fantasy Picture Quote #1

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history Picture Quote #1

I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: ‘My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.’ Picture Quote #1

Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no God reigned so supreme as the God of literary prose Picture Quote #1

I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll go back for my writing.’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to promote my own image either. I don’t like going on television or mixing in literary circles Picture Quote #1

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Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences Picture Quote #1

When I put together a graphic novel, I don’t think about literary prose. I think about storytelling Picture Quote #1

...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everything Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can ever assess your work. I don’t think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn’t have a social impact as much as great literary impact Picture Quote #1

I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life Picture Quote #1

I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition Picture Quote #1

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Literary history is the great morgue where all seek the dead ones whom they love, or to whom they are related Picture Quote #1

There’s as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I’d love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold Picture Quote #1

Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked Picture Quote #1

My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now Picture Quote #1

I think that a lot of things are hard to read if you’re not in the vocabulary flow of that particular discourse. I sometimes forget that even though the words I’m using are fairly ordinary words, the concepts around which they cluster, which are the long concepts of literary tradition, may not be familiar to an audience Picture Quote #1

You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living Picture Quote #1

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One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well. (Literary Quotes) I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I’d never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground. (Literary Quotes) The disappointing second novel is measured against the brilliant first novel - often no novel lives up to the first. Literary improvement seems like an unfair expectation. (Literary Quotes) I don’t know if memoirs can produce literary work of the first order. But I do know that novels are doing it only rarely. (Literary Quotes) I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than the top one percent of literary novels. (Literary Quotes) German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature. (Literary Quotes) My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for the smallest amount of money my literary agent had ever negotiated for a work of fiction. (Literary Quotes) When I write plays, I’m already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so forth. I don’t think I’ve ever written one play as an abstract piece, as a literary piece, floating in the air somewhere, to be flushed out later on. (Literary Quotes) Anuj Bahari has always been a really good literary agent for me. What a good agent does is that he manages many of your business aspects so you can keep your time free for writing. (Literary Quotes) Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud’s psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments. (Literary Quotes) On the subject of literary genres, I’ve always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I’d love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story. (Literary Quotes) If there’s any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out. (Literary Quotes) Give me a literary love that doesn’t need words, that flows like silent water and speaks to the bone. There I lose myself in the fantasy. (Literary Quotes) Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. (Literary Quotes) I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: ‘My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.’ (Literary Quotes) Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no God reigned so supreme as the God of literary prose. (Literary Quotes) I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll go back for my writing.’ (Literary Quotes) I don’t want to promote my own image either. I don’t like going on television or mixing in literary circles. (Literary Quotes) Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences. (Literary Quotes) When I put together a graphic novel, I don’t think about literary prose. I think about storytelling. (Literary Quotes) ...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everything. (Literary Quotes) I don’t think you can ever assess your work. I don’t think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn’t have a social impact as much as great literary impact. (Literary Quotes) I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life. (Literary Quotes) I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition. (Literary Quotes) Literary history is the great morgue where all seek the dead ones whom they love, or to whom they are related. (Literary Quotes) There’s as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I’d love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold. (Literary Quotes) Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked. (Literary Quotes) My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now. (Literary Quotes) I think that a lot of things are hard to read if you’re not in the vocabulary flow of that particular discourse. I sometimes forget that even though the words I’m using are fairly ordinary words, the concepts around which they cluster, which are the long concepts of literary tradition, may not be familiar to an audience. (Literary Quotes) You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living. (Literary Quotes)

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