4,370 Quotes About Literature

I have lived so long within the circle of this book [Tender Is The Night] and with these characters that often it seems to me that the real world does not exist but that only these characters exist, and, however pretentious that remark sounds....it is an absolute fact---so much so that their glees and woes are just exactly as important to me as what happens in life.

Reading is a full contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources. What results can sometimes be as much our creation as the novelist's or playwright's.

Most artists wish to receive acclaim for a body of work that will withstand the test of time. Ancient Greece culture produced many works of fiction, history, mythology, drama, and philosophy that scholars consider timeless classics. The classics of Ancient Greece greatly influenced the development of Western Civilization.

Deliver thunder, GodIf you choose not to talk.

Tell a story in fewer and simpler words.

Mì Tàu chính cống là mấy tiệm mì, xe mì có chữ ký phía sau. Thí dụ như Tài Ký, Minh Ký, Tân Ký ... Mầy để ý coi, tiệm nào cũng có chữ ký hết. Có chữ ký mới ngon.

Clichés are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.

Without space, there is no time.

Be a good reader first if you wish to become a good writer.