“I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be. It's wrong to say "everybody," but in literature I see it all the time - preoccupation with it, philosophical preoccupation, in fact. That's a principle element of literature and philosophy, often cited as the main element, the only real element. I say give it up.” WayGivingRealPhilosophyFactsSeemsLiteraturePrinciplesElementsPhilosophicalObsessedFear Of DeathPreoccupation Author:James Salter
“As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.” PeopleWayMindYoungSpiritLiteraturePleasureActivityTexting Author:Katherine Paterson
“What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who is constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and literature is the best way that I found in order to see myself.” WorldWayTryingI CanSoulCharacterOrderFoundLiteratureMirrorsBest WayPlaces In The World Author:Paulo Coelho
“We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.” ThinkingWayUsedLiteratureCausesRevolutionRebellious Author:Eric Hoffer
“Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end.” WayEndsLiteratureGamesSituationCuttingGet BetterShort Cuts Author:James Altucher
“One of the reasons I always come back to representations of loneliness in plays, films, and literature is that they give us specific examples of the powerful hold that it has on us, and yet, paradoxically, by representing what can't really be represented, so to speak, they give us ways of going forward even as we fall apart.” WayGivingReasonPlayFilmFallLiteratureSpeakPowerfulLonelinessExampleRepresentationFalling ApartRepresenting Author:Thomas L. Dumm
“I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a relatively niche way, like jazz and poetry, although probably more widely consumed than jazz and poetry since it's fundamentally a narrative form. And I think that's important and places like Word Riot and 'The New York Tyrant' and 'n+1' will be responsible for keeping it alive.” ThinkingWayImportantFormLiteratureTermForeverAliveNew YorkResponsibleJazzNarrativeTyrantsConsumedRiotNicheBeing Responsible Author:Nick Antosca
“We were trained as writers with the idea that literature is something that can change reality, that it's not just a very sophisticated entertainment, but a way to act.” WayIdeasRealityLiteratureEntertainmentSophisticated Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
“I imagine as long as people will continue to read novels, people will continue to write them, or vice versa; unless of course the pictorial magazines and comic strips finally atrophy man's capacity to read, and literature really is on its way back to the picture writing in the Neanderthal cave.” PeopleMenWayWritingLongCoursesLiteratureNovelImagineCapacityVicesMagazinesComicCavesVice VersaComic StripsAtrophyPictorialNeanderthals Author:William Faulkner
“The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.” PeopleWayFallLiteratureSlipsAmusementAmusedIcyPavement Author:E. W. Howe
“Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.” WayLiteratureCommonCommon SenseEnthusiasmCompelled Author:E. W. Howe
“There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.” KnowsWayTwoLiteratureHandleTwo WaysNobody Knows Author:Kin Hubbard
“Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.” WayLongHomeTimeLiteratureKindnessOughtLong WayStay StrongStay PositiveStay At Home Author:Kin Hubbard
“Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read into it and say, "Wow! You know what? Whatever they're doing over there, it's extraordinary, and maybe that culture is superior to ours in certain ways."” PeopleIfsKnowsWayBeautifulCertainCultureLiteratureSportsWatchesMessagesExtraordinaryViolentSuperiorsWowNon Violent Author:Gabe Polsky