“The love of writing comes at a very early age. For me, for instance, comic books so affected me. And a lot of people who come up to me and start talking about writing, when I start talking to them about the "Fantastic Four," they look at me aghast. They say, "'The Fantastic Four?' That's not literature." I say, "Yeah, but it was when I was 11 years old." This was literature.” PeopleWritingYearsLooksBookAgeLiteratureTalkingFourYeahCome UpInstanceComicFantasticAffectedComic BookLook At MeAghastFantastic Four Author:Walter Mosley
“I think Twitter is the literature of the 21st century. I think it's an incredible art because when you make a book, you don't know who reads it. But every line, I write a million people, they read it, and then they insult me, they love me, they discuss, they give an opinion instantly, immediately. They are completely in communication, immediately. That is a real art.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingWritingArtBookRealLiteratureLinesOpinionMillionsCenturyCommunicationArt IsIncrediblesInsult21st Century Author:Alejandro Jodorowsky
“Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book.” Has BeensBookLiteratureWestern Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in general, is what shows us at our most human.” WorldHumansBookStoriesShowsHandsFormLiteratureNovelThis WorldSymbols Author:Shane Warren Jones
“Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.” PeopleIfsTryingMindMeanSaidBookSoulSeemsWould BeArtistLiteratureLostLeftBitsSpaceCreativeToo MuchCuttingStupidHairIntentionVersionsMake SenseClassicEditorsGlimpseCropsPointlessLiliesPadsEditedClassic LiteratureMonetLily Pads Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to asking one to recall their three favorite sunsets.” BookThreeReadingLiteratureNamesHalfPrinciplesCenturySeriousAskingTitlesSunsetRecallsLove Literature Author:Thomas Steinbeck
“Great books are readable anyway. Dickens is readable. Jane Austen is readable. John Updike's readable. Hawthorne's readable. It's a meaningless term. You have to go the very extremes of literature, like Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake," before you get a literary work that literally unreadable.” BookLiteratureTermExtremesMeaninglessJaneGreat BookDickensAustenJoyceLiterary WorksHawthorne Author:Julian Barnes