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Literary Quotes (page 12)

Toni Morrison quote: "I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a..."
I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway. Toni Morrison
One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the isolation of working part-time as a house painter in Henderson County, to Cornell, where everybody was a literary person. Robert Morgan
It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience. Robert Morgan
I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. Robert Morgan
Rick Moody quote: "Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life."
Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life. Rick Moody
Rick Moody quote: "Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem."
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem. Rick Moody
But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important to me when I was in my twenties, like going to a Paris Review party or whatever, that seems totally irrelevant now. Rick Moody
I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me. Adrian Mitchell
Countries under foreign command quickly forget their history, their past, their tradition, their national symbols, their way of living, often their own literary language. Slobodan Milosevic
I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings. Jonathan Miller
Arthur Miller quote: "Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life..."
Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author. Arthur Miller
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot. Jon Meacham
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church. Jon Meacham
Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment. Jon Meacham
Sue Grafton quote: "I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing..."
I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form. Sue Grafton

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