Quotes About Literature

The twentieth century had produced a literature in Ireland that kept a tense distance from the sources of faith - and for good reason. Irish writing had suffered a terrible censorship in the twentieth century.

I never have time to read now. I did all my reading before I was twenty.

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.

At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.

I read 'The Hobbit' when I was twenty and first reading modern science fiction and fantasy. I followed it up with 'The Lord of the Rings,' which I still reread from time to time, but of the lot of it, I prefer 'The Hobbit.'

I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.

My girlfriend has read all the 'Game of Thrones' books - twice.

The radio stations will happily recycle a badly worded statement by a politician all day but will steer clear of broadcasting more than once or twice a poem by Tomas Transtromer or Rita Dove.

I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.

I love movies like 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' that are based on short novellas.

If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times in your life, you're going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he's obviously such a brilliant, brilliant writer.

I write my novels in English first; then they are translated into Turkish by professional translators. Then I take their translation and rewrite. So basically, I write the same novel twice.

First published in 1984 when I was nothing more than sticks of bone at seven, 'Dragons of Autumn Twilight' began what would be one of the icons of my grunge-stained disenchanted childhood.

I read 'Twilight' when I was overseas. I actually liked it. I didn't expect to, because I generally don't like fantasy like that because it's far-fetched, but I liked it. It's pretty good.

I think you'd have to literally live in a cave to not know anything about 'Twilight'. I've seen a few of the movies, but I haven't read the books.

Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.

If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place.

A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.

If Im going to invest the time in a novel, I want something more than the entertainment you get out of most genre fiction.

If critics of 'readable fiction' want literature to change the ways people dream, they need first to come down from the mountain and speak to the people.

I'm the kind of person that wants to analyze and I think having a background in, strangely enough, in like literature and languages, I'm always analyzing things.

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I want to.

Books are educational; so you can buy as many as you want." Sophie Kinsella, shopping at the Limelight Marketplace

I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell.