English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Stephen Greenblatt Quotes

I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.

Stephen Greenblatt

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

George Mason quote: "To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to..."
To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them..." -George Mason George Mason
After Madrid, we intensified our investigative efforts once again, and we are in the process of bringing about expansions in security laws and creating an index file system. Otto Schily
Philip Roth quote: "Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know..."
Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when. Philip Roth
Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to clone me... it's more to produce a book that shares my vision of positive, fun entertainment. Janet Evanovich
Stephen Stills quote: "The only albatross is the hurt you divine from what people say..."
The only albatross is the hurt you divine from what people say about your art. Stephen Stills
James Baldwin quote: "but the Atlantic Ocean is deep and wide and money doesn't..."
...but the Atlantic Ocean is deep and wide and money doesn't hurry from the other side. James Baldwin
E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it. Tom Hanks
Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity. Will McDonough
I say, Watson,’ he whispered, ‘would you be afraid to sleep in the same room as a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?’ ‘Not in the least,’ I answered in astonishment. ‘Ah, that’s lucky,’ he said, and not another word would he utter that night. Arthur Conan Doyle
When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around. Black Elk
Satchel Paige quote: "Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no..."
Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. Satchel Paige
Kirsty Gallacher quote: "I've got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to..."
I've got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to have some chocolate. Kirsty Gallacher
Mark Rydell quote: "I don't know a lot of agents like Al Hack."
I don't know a lot of agents like Al Hack. Mark Rydell
Perhaps the House had heard Harvey wishing for a full moon, because when he and Wendell traipsed upstairs and looked out the landing window, there--hanging between the bare branches of the trees--was a moon as wide and as white as a dead man's smile. Clive Barker
Maya Angelou quote: "Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has..."
Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet. Maya Angelou