Quotes About Literature

I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.

It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.

I find something very appealing about taking literature very literally.

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.

I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.

Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature.

I don't think there's a whole lot of class literature at all. I think most of that has become racially based, and people don't think of it as being class literature.

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot of literature and not care about language.

From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change the culture and make it a force for good, you have to be in it and be a part of it.

I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more.

I don't believe chance can play a role in my literature.

I'm from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something becomes a success, it has to be bad, and then they'll do everything they can to stab it to death.

With certain rapturous exceptions, literature is the moral life.

My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I was English.

When I was a little girl, I was a real, drippy bookworm. But when I went into fashion, I stopped reading.

What I write is not for little girls.

Writers of literature make very little money.

I'd never have written the big books in London.

Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

I'm an English teacher, so I'm used to reading and I'm used to reading out loud.

I read a lot of Louis L'amour Western books.