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Literary Quotes

You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well Picture Quote #1

I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It’s a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function Picture Quote #1

We don’t genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime Picture Quote #1

He thinks about his teacher in his literary class, he’s staring at her legs Picture Quote #1

Don’t get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It’s faux literary fiction I can’t stand Picture Quote #1

Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake Picture Quote #1

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The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers Picture Quote #1

You don’t want to move toward some utopian literary situation where everybody’s free of all conventions. That’s ridiculous! Conventions are what you need. You have nothing to break down if you don’t have conventions Picture Quote #1

Literary poetry in a painter is something special, and is neither illustration nor the translation of writing by form Picture Quote #1

I am an artist, and, through my eye, must confess to a tremendous bias. In my purely literary voyages my eye is always my compass Picture Quote #1

In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing in me,.. A lot of authors, if their first book is a success, they’re terrified to write a second one. But in my case, since the first book wasn’t considered a literary book, I was really determined to show people I could do other types of writing Picture Quote #1

Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time was spent in his education, and knows nothing about letters at all Picture Quote #1

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In my profession more generally, it’s not an exaggeration to say that masculinity is viewed as the root of all evil. If you were to take a literary theory course, you might think it would be about literature, but it’s really not. It’s about all the various forms of oppression on earth and how we can see them playing out in literary works. And behind all these forms of oppression is a guy Picture Quote #1

I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from an absorbing interest in these subjects Picture Quote #1

The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one to erase the passage which pleases him the least Picture Quote #1

Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it’s a mulch of all of my past reading Picture Quote #1

Just as the light and weightless vegetation of saltpeter floats over the old walls of houses as soon as the owner gets careless, so the literary vocation springs up in you Picture Quote #1

In literary art, as in the art of the architect, the painter, the musician, signs that the artist is thinking of his own achievement more than of his subject always offend me Picture Quote #1

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What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy Picture Quote #1

Literary texts do not exist on bookshelves: they are processes of signification materialized only in the practice of reading. For literature to happen, the reader is quite as vital as the author Picture Quote #1

Any attempt to define literary theory in terms of a distinctive method is doomed to failure Picture Quote #1

A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn’t the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing’s a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone Picture Quote #1

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability Picture Quote #1

Dictionary: a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic Picture Quote #1

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I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion Picture Quote #1

Nowadays most people wear black most of the time anyway: go to a literary party and one would imagine everyone there was in perpetual mourning for their lives Picture Quote #1

When a literary person’s exhaustive work is over, the last thing he wishes to do is to talk books Picture Quote #1

Literary commercialism is lowering the intellectual standard to accommodate the purse and to meet a frivolous demand for amusement instead of for improvement Picture Quote #1

I imagine the proverb about too many cooks spoiling the broth can be applied to writing as well as anything else. The poetical or literary broth is better cooked by one person Picture Quote #1

It’s still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than big, personal or particular rather than socially significant Picture Quote #1

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You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well (Literary Quotes) I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It’s a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function (Literary Quotes) We don’t genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime (Literary Quotes) He thinks about his teacher in his literary class, he’s staring at her legs (Literary Quotes) Don’t get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It’s faux literary fiction I can’t stand (Literary Quotes) Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake (Literary Quotes) The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers (Literary Quotes) You don’t want to move toward some utopian literary situation where everybody’s free of all conventions. That’s ridiculous! Conventions are what you need. You have nothing to break down if you don’t have conventions (Literary Quotes) Literary poetry in a painter is something special, and is neither illustration nor the translation of writing by form (Literary Quotes) I am an artist, and, through my eye, must confess to a tremendous bias. In my purely literary voyages my eye is always my compass (Literary Quotes) In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing in me,.. A lot of authors, if their first book is a success, they’re terrified to write a second one. But in my case, since the first book wasn’t considered a literary book, I was really determined to show people I could do other types of writing (Literary Quotes) Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time was spent in his education, and knows nothing about letters at all (Literary Quotes) In my profession more generally, it’s not an exaggeration to say that masculinity is viewed as the root of all evil. If you were to take a literary theory course, you might think it would be about literature, but it’s really not. It’s about all the various forms of oppression on earth and how we can see them playing out in literary works. And behind all these forms of oppression is a guy (Literary Quotes) I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from an absorbing interest in these subjects (Literary Quotes) The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one to erase the passage which pleases him the least (Literary Quotes) Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it’s a mulch of all of my past reading (Literary Quotes) Just as the light and weightless vegetation of saltpeter floats over the old walls of houses as soon as the owner gets careless, so the literary vocation springs up in you (Literary Quotes) In literary art, as in the art of the architect, the painter, the musician, signs that the artist is thinking of his own achievement more than of his subject always offend me (Literary Quotes) What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy (Literary Quotes) Literary texts do not exist on bookshelves: they are processes of signification materialized only in the practice of reading. For literature to happen, the reader is quite as vital as the author (Literary Quotes) Any attempt to define literary theory in terms of a distinctive method is doomed to failure (Literary Quotes) A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn’t the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing’s a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone (Literary Quotes) All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability (Literary Quotes) Dictionary: a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic (Literary Quotes) I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion (Literary Quotes) Nowadays most people wear black most of the time anyway: go to a literary party and one would imagine everyone there was in perpetual mourning for their lives (Literary Quotes) When a literary person’s exhaustive work is over, the last thing he wishes to do is to talk books (Literary Quotes) Literary commercialism is lowering the intellectual standard to accommodate the purse and to meet a frivolous demand for amusement instead of for improvement (Literary Quotes) I imagine the proverb about too many cooks spoiling the broth can be applied to writing as well as anything else. The poetical or literary broth is better cooked by one person (Literary Quotes) It’s still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than big, personal or particular rather than socially significant (Literary Quotes)

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