Quotes About Literature

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to lead; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

From my point of view, a book is a literary prescription put up for the benefit of someone who needs it.

There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.

It is not true we have only one life to love, if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

It is not true we have only one life to live…if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

If you are not familiar with the age in which we live, read my stories. If you cannot endure my stories, it means that this age is unbearable.

If you are not familiar with the age in which we live, read my stories. If you cannot endure my stories, it means that this age is unbesrable.

Manto had earlier been prosecuted in Lahore for obscenity, and one of the words alleged to have been obscene was, "breasts

Literature and film in my opinion are like saloons where bottles have no labels. I want to taste each one myself and figure out which is what. If I'm denied this by labelling, then my entertainment is considerably lessened.

His last years were beset with financial troubles; he drank heavily; he wrote to Chughtai on more than one occasion, pleading with her to find a way for him to come back to India. She was surprised to learn that far from large protests and signed declarations on his behalf, many in Pakistan felt he deserved to be punished. He died on January 18, 1955 in Lahore at the age of forty two.

Ben ?imdiye kadar her ?eyden çok kitaplar?m? severdim. Bundan sonra her ?eyden çok seni sevece?im ve kitaplar? beraber sevece?iz.

Ben ?imdiye kadar her ?eyden çok kitaplar?m? severdim. Bundan sonra her ?eyden çok seni sevece?im. Kitaplar? beraber sevece?iz.

Na kraju, zar jedan od razloga moje otu?enosti i distanciranosti od ljudi što me okružuju nije bio taj što me?u njima nisam uspijevao prona?i ljude koja sam upoznao i prigrlio u romanima?

Ben bu kad?n? yedi ya??mdan beri okudu?um kitaplardan, be? ya??mdan beri kurdu?um hayal dünyalar?ndan tan?yordum.

An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, 'What's your alma mater?' I told him, 'Books.

BOOKS… The Loom of Language

My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Kitaps?z bir ev üzücü olmal?. Daha üzücüsü ise; okuyan? olmayan kitaplarla dolu bir evdir.

Los escritores contemporáneos no se leen los unos a los otros, sino que se vigilan.

Und ehe ich mich's versah, da war's um mich geschehen. Ich war glücklich - wohl zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben. Ein extremes, ein unheimliches Gefühl hatte mich befallen und überwältigt. Ich war verliebt. Halb zog sie mich, halb sank ich hin - ich war verliebt in sie, die Literatur.

Ich habe noch nie einen Schriftsteller kennengelernt, der nicht eitel und nicht egozentrisch gewesen wäre – es sei denn, es war ein besonders schlechter Autor.