#liter

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#experiences #find #great #great literature #i

I think there are readers out there and I don't think the book is dead. And more importantly I don't think readers have to choose between literary and commercial fiction. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#book #choose #commercial #dead #fiction

There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#get #literary #schism #success #unwritten

Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates. ↗

— John Pilger

#believed #century #classic #days #european

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#after #bbc #been #capable #doctor

As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#always #attempts #because #birth #break

It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling. ↗

— Ted Rall

#graphic #i #i think #literary #novel

Puns are the highest form of literature. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#humor #literature #puns #funny

We went to - I guess it was a legitimate boiler room, and I sat in front of this guy who literally was on the phone with two people at once. They call it double fisting. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#call #double #front #guess #guy