“I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.” WantI CanLiteratureNamesRocksRock And RollSuspicious Author:Manuel Puig
“Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a way of surpassing everything that blocks it and growing stronger for the exercise.” WayWantLiteratureGrowingExerciseStrongerBlockCensorshipSurpassingGrowing Stronger Author:Ali Smith
“I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me to do the ones that sold like Stephen King's. But they seem to be willing to let me pick what I want to do next.” IfsWantBookSeemsNextLiteratureWillingKingsPicksLet MeSellingEditorsWant Me Author:Fred Saberhagen
“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.” WantGodLiteratureChanceGods WillCensorshipCoincidenceGodlyChances AreCensoringPseudonyms Author:Anatole France
“I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.” PeopleWantFoundLiteratureFigures Author:Bob Woodward
“Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject.” KnowsWantLiteratureSubjectsInterviews Author:Kurt Loder
“Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely right. Sometimes you can't. Reading is not a passive act. Books are not TV. Art of all kinds is an interactive challenge. The person who makes the work and the person who comes to the work both have a job to do. I am never wilfully obscure, but I do ask for some effort.” WayWantShouldKindPersonsArtBookSometimesJobsReadingAsksLiteratureEasyCan DoChallengesSimpleEffortTvsDirectWhat You WantAll KindsPassiveObscureInteractive Author:Jeanette Winterson