Literature Quotes

"Literature is a mirror of society."

"Literature captures the human experience."

"The best stories are the ones that reveal something true about being human."

"I like to think of myself as a political person who loves to write rather than a writer who happens to be political."

"In the beginning, there was Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God."

"I'm the kind of person who would sooner write than do anything else."

"Poetry is the voice of dissent."

"Literature is the most important art form."

"The greatest book ever written is whatever book you are reading right now."

"Literature connects us across time and culture to universal human experiences."

"Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life."

"The notion that you can't be a good writer and a good person—it's a myth."

"Literature opens doors to lives and perspectives we could never otherwise access."

"Writers should go out into the world and live, not hide in universities."

"Experiential writing brings readers directly into the moment."

"Great stories show how people actually behave, not how they think they behave."

"The role of the writer is to bear witness to the world as it actually is."

"The writer's task is to make readers see the world differently."

"I've found that the best stories come from real life, not from imagination."

"I believe that everyone has a story worth telling."

"Literature reveals the human condition."

"The duty of the writer is to tell the truth, especially to power."

"The person who wishes not to be troubled should avoid the company of writers."

"Most of what I've written about has already happened to other people by the time I write about it."

"The only way to write about life is to live it."

"Literature is the evidence of human experience across time."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."

"Literature preserves the wisdom and beauty of human experience."

"The idea is that the reader should, in the old modernist way, be somewhat puzzled, be touching into a sense of confusion or mystery."

"Style is substance. It's not decoration; it's communication."