Quotes About Literature

I was always a huge fan of Nora Ephron.

I'm a huge fan of Beverly Cleary.

I have always been a huge fan of Shakespeare.

'The Lord of the Rings,' obviously, had a huge, huge impact on me. I read a lot of 'Hardy Boys,' also. I liked the equation, that it was always the same but a little bit different. There's something comforting about those books.

I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.

I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language.

When I was in high school, I remember writing a research paper, and the teacher said I should write about Langston Hughes. I felt as if I was the only black dude who didn't like Langston Hughes. He didn't seem as dark and layered as someone like Flannery O'Connor.

As a science fiction fan, the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award mean a lot to me.

I've never read it because I'd like to see one Shakespeare play that I don't know what happens. I close my ears and hum whenever I hear anything about 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre.'

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.

The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.

Every literary culture has among its first bearings the 'blether' of animals who seek to make sense of human existence.

I've always believed you go to literature to find the shared human experience, not the categorized human experience.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

Science fiction and fantasy is a kind of literature that embodies the highest aspirations of the human race.

Anything that brings people to see Shakespeare is fine by me. He's the great humanist.

There is a lot of talk in the academy about the death of the humanities. Based on my readers' response and their interest in history and literature and art, the death of the humanities has been grossly overstated.

Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe and with humanity.

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.

There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made.

I can't not put humor in a book.

This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.

A humorist has to be taken seriously before he's considered a real writer.

My mom is well read in English and Bengali, and my dad is a humorist, science writer and a futurist.