“Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.” PeopleGivingDifferentWould BeLiteratureInterestingWrittenChildhoodWindowMotherhoodDifferent PeoplesReally Interesting Author:Natalie Merchant
“All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about.” PeopleKnowsWritingLiteratureWrittenHappened Author:Norman MacCaig
“People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share.” PeopleLongLiteratureInterestShareHavensThese Days Author:Norman MacCaig
“In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsFactsLiteratureSeeingAbsolutesMovedBaloney Author:Norman MacCaig
“It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek and Latin literature, its wealth and variety, its freshness and its imperishable quality.” PeopleShouldYoungLiteratureGrowsWealthQualityGrowing UpGenerationsPityVarietyGreekLatinOur GenerationFreshness Author:James Loeb
“In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?” PeopleWritingCountryLiteratureWeightAncientHeavyFranceOutstandingProustHeavy Weights Author:Manuel Puig
“A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different soundtrack to a comedy and it's a tragedy. A movie combines all those forms and forces you to pay attention for two hours with a group of people.” PeopleTwoDifferentFormLiteratureForceHoursPayAttentionComedyGroupsPaintingPhotographyTragedyPay AttentionScreenplaysSoundtracks Author:Paula Patton
“I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.” PeopleWritingCharacterStoriesLiteratureEnjoyFictionGreat Literature Author:Kathy Reichs
“There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to capitalism, and socialism has, indeed, triumphed in one country.” PeopleBelieveStillsCountryLiteratureNumbersEconomicCapitalismSocialismAlternativesErasMarxismEconomic SystemsCapitalism And Socialism Author:Herbert Read
“I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.” PeopleWellsMadeReadingLiteratureEffortFictionSeriousOne DayDecidedScience FictionMagazines Author:Fred Saberhagen
“People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldLiteratureQualityMediaPaperAppreciateGrantedEditorials Author:David Talbot
“I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.” PeopleWantFoundLiteratureFigures Author:Bob Woodward
“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.” PeopleSaidBookDifferentReadingLiteratureElementsDiverseScotlandClicheReadership Author:Irvine Welsh
“The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.” PeopleFeelsWritingTryingLiteratureNewspapersEstablishmentScottish Author:Irvine Welsh
“My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.” PeopleWorldWellsCountryShowsCultureLiteratureUniqueFolksChineseCustomsWorld Literature Author:Mo Yan