There are no new facts about the Kennedys, only new attitudes, a literature that, like the automobile industry, puts new bodies on old chassis. – John Gregory Dunne
Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and – since there is no other metaphor – also the soul. – Christopher Hitchens
The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered on the stage. Everything I do on tour is to try and destroy that pretense. – Chuck Palahniuk
My father is a poet. He’s a literary giant of this country – writes in Hindi – and also quite unique because he has a Ph.D. in English Literature. He taught at Harvard University, which is one of the most prominent universities in the country. – Amitabh Bachchan
I think so much of young adult literature sort of gets ghettoized – the title ‘young adult’ makes people immediately discount it. And just like with books that get written for adults, there is plenty of young adult literature that is bad. But there is also plenty of young adult literature that is brilliant. – Alexi Zentner
I don’t think if you’re serious about literature your library is filled with award-winning books. – Andrew Wylie
Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century – in literature, film and beyond. – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical. – Barbet Schroeder
I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. – Anne Stevenson
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. – Anne Fortier
Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you’ll behave to other people. – Barbara Kingsolver
I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. – Azar Nafisi
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. – Charles Baudelaire
The problem with the screenplay is that it’s not literature, and it’s not a film. It’s a very weird, technical kind of blueprint that will be absolutely transformed into something else that is not that, you know? Honestly, a screenplay is no literature. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
In Bosnian, there’s no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there’s no word describing that. – Aleksandar Hemon
I don’t only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and… ants. I can understand ants. – A. S. Byatt
Since ‘Huckleberry Finn,’ or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero. – Bobbie Ann Mason
Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe. – A. B. Yehoshua
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. – Amy Lowell
Shirley Jackson’s writings are a must for aficionados of the gothic and of good literature. – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
If people aren’t creating literature, there would be nothing for people to criticize. – Alistair MacLeod