#liter

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up to the Stage. ↗

— James Payn

#bringing #calculated #doubtless #eyebrows #idea

This town of churches and dreams; this town I thought I would lose myself in, with its backward ways and winding roads leading to nowhere; but, I found myself instead. -Magic in the Backyard (excerpt from American Honey) ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#country #finding-yourself #inspiring #journey #literature

He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#answer #answers #dejan-stojanovic #early-age #literature

Liste, if you think stubbornness deprived of intelligence is a worth-while possession, you are out of your mind. ↗

— Sophocles Oedipus The King

#greek-literature #intelligence

All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#campaigns #change #earth #him #hope

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#buddy #different #english #fiction #john

The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an entrance. There must be one – everything depends on the circumstances, a rule applicable as much to literary style as to life. Each word tugs another one along, one idea another, and that is how books, governments and revolutions are made – some even say that is how Nature created her species. ↗

— Machado de Assis

#creativity #literature #novels #writers #writing

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#i #into #literally #myself #put

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes. ↗

— Alexandra Ripley

#because #began #had #her #i

You never know what you're getting into like some of the best experiences I've ever had have been movies that literally had a million dollar budget and everybody's eating Cheetos all day and running around without permits and trying not to get caught. ↗

— Kathleen Robertson

#around #been #best #budget #caught