Quotes About Literature

One Best Book is Equal To Hundred Good Friends But One Good Friend is Equal To A Library.

Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.

Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read.

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Reading is not optional.

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

The joy of reading with our children doesn't stop as they, and we, get older; it simply changes.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.'

To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment.

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.

You can learn Elvish, if you want. It's a language like Italian and English. You can learn to read it, you can learn to write it, and you can learn to speak it.

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.

We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.

"Books ... books, ..." he exclaims. It is those that teach us to refine on our pleasures when young, and which, having so taught us, enable us to recall them with satisfaction when old.

The latest literary discussions reflect a struggle between two artistic methods - romanticism and realism, with the latter clearly ascendant for the time being.