"Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there."

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"Literature is analysis after the event."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

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"This philistinism of interpretation is more rife in literature than in any other art. For decades now, literary critics have understood it to be their task to translate the elements of the poem or play or novel or story into something else. Sometimes a writer will be so uneasy before the naked power of his art that he will install within the work itself - albeit with a little shyness, a touch of the good taste of irony - the clear and explicit interpretation of it. Thomas Mann is an example of such an overcooperative author. In the case of more stubborn authors, the critic is only too happy to perform the job."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Literature, Art, Interpretation, Creativity

"Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination, and of the heart."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Literature, Truth, Imagination, Exploration

"A book is as private and consensual as sex."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Literature, Privacy, Consent, Affection, Expression

"For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their writers all the time. We know plenty about Goethe and Charles Dickens from what they chose to tell, even though they have been dead for years."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Literature, Story, Legacy, Writing, Memory

"I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Literature, Formula, Style, Writers

"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Literature, Dedication, Man, Writer

"I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing."

Alan Moore, British Writer

Literature, Fiction, Dream, Self, Truth

"When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Literature, History, Culture, Innovation

"Good characters in fiction are the very devil. Not only because most authors have too little material to make them of, but because we as readers have a strong subconscious wish to find them incredible."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Literature, Fiction, Character, Realism, Subconscious

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"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment."

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"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

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"Literature is analysis after the event."

"Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination, and of the heart."

"A book is as private and consensual as sex."

"For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their writers all the time. We know plenty about Goethe and Charles Dickens from what they chose to tell, even though they have been dead for years."

"I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various."

"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature."

"I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing."

"When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time."

"Good characters in fiction are the very devil. Not only because most authors have too little material to make them of, but because we as readers have a strong subconscious wish to find them incredible."

Explore more quotes by Rita Mae Brown

"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment."

"Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women."

"To love without role, without power plays, is revolution."

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

"The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself."

"Humor comes from self-confidence."

"Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides."

"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."

"Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash."

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."