7 Quotes by Amos Oz about literature
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Literature and gossip are closely related. People who are curious and imaginative long to know 'what it's like for other people.' This longing can be satisfied in its basest, most banal form through gossip, just as it can attain a more refined and complex gratification in art. Both gossip and literature, each in its own way, are capable of offering a partial antidote to fanaticism, because they both relish the fascinating differences between people.
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Literature exists inside the language. It's made of words.
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Literature is not made of ideas and it's not made of concepts, of psychological analysis. It's made of words.
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Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written.
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I prefer to talk about the gift of literature rather than its role or task.
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You know, gynecology has a role; sex is a gift. And literature is not about sending messages.
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Literature is about telling stories.
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