4,370 Quotes About Literature

En mi época no había Best-Sellers y no podíamos prostituírnos. No había quien comprara nuestra prostitución.

حقاً ما أسهل سحق الضعفاء في هذا العالم

Genuine bravery for a writer.... It is about calmly speaking the truth when everyone else is silenced, when the truth cannot be expressed. It is about speaking out with a different voice, risking the wrath of the state and offending everyone, for the sake of the truth, and the writer’s conscience.

أيعقل أن يوجد في هذا العالم النابض بالظلم والأحقاد والشراسة إنسان بلا أنياب أو مخالب

If literature has engaged me as a project, first as a reader, then as a writer, it is as an extension of my sympathies to other selves, other domains, other dreams, other territories.

It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable calling myself a writer—I am merely a word criminal.

Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte)

I just can't get with this idea that literature is a 12-step program. If someone wants to read a book to see good people get rewarded and the bad people get punished, essentially what they want is a fairy tale.

تعرفين أني قد غششتك ... أني قد سرقتك ونهبت مالك فلماذا شكرتني- في أماكن أخرى لم يكونوا ليدفعوا لي شيئا البتة