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Great Literary Quotes

Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked Picture Quote #1

There’s as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I’d love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold Picture Quote #1

Literary history is the great morgue where all seek the dead ones whom they love, or to whom they are related Picture Quote #1

I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition Picture Quote #1

I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life Picture Quote #1

...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everything Picture Quote #1

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There’s always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things Picture Quote #1

We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to read books the better our society will be and the wiser our society will be Picture Quote #1

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time Picture Quote #1

Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote Picture Quote #1

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write Picture Quote #1

I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life Picture Quote #1

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I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me Picture Quote #1

He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child Picture Quote #1

Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things Picture Quote #1

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language Picture Quote #1

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability Picture Quote #1

I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, ‘That was fun.’ It’s hardly my desire for them to sit and think, ‘What a great literary image.’ Picture Quote #1

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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality Picture Quote #1

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not Picture Quote #1

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world Picture Quote #1

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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked. (Great Literary Quotes) There’s as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I’d love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold. (Great Literary Quotes) Literary history is the great morgue where all seek the dead ones whom they love, or to whom they are related. (Great Literary Quotes) I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition. (Great Literary Quotes) I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life. (Great Literary Quotes) ...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everything. (Great Literary Quotes) There’s always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things. (Great Literary Quotes) We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to read books the better our society will be and the wiser our society will be (Great Literary Quotes) You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time (Great Literary Quotes) Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote (Great Literary Quotes) There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write (Great Literary Quotes) I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life (Great Literary Quotes) I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me (Great Literary Quotes) He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child (Great Literary Quotes) Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things (Great Literary Quotes) At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language (Great Literary Quotes) All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability (Great Literary Quotes) I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, ‘That was fun.’ It’s hardly my desire for them to sit and think, ‘What a great literary image.’ (Great Literary Quotes) A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality (Great Literary Quotes) I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not (Great Literary Quotes) I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world (Great Literary Quotes)