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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
by Patrick White (Author, Australian , born in 1912) keywords: discovery, enjoyed, especially, every, fact, french, german, king, life, literature , minute Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
by Walter Jon Williams (Writer, American , born in 1953) keywords: also, biography, even, fiction, history, literature, mainstream, mysteries, only, philosophy, poetry, read, science, should, want , write Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.
by Terri Windling (Artist) keywords: american, around, been, form, label, latin, literature, long, magic, modern, new, popularity, realism , specific There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy literature and other media. I hope we're succeeding in some small way.
by Terri Windling (Artist) keywords: been, bring, consciousness, fairy, fantasy, hard, hope, into, literature, media, myth, number, other, public, small, some, succeeding, tales, through, us, very, way , working I was editing Canadian Literature. I didn't want to let Canadian Literature go, so they reached a nice compromise by which I received half a professor's salary.
by George Woodcock (Writer, Canadian , born in 1912) keywords: canadian, compromise, editing, go, half, literature, nice, professor, reached, received, salary, want , which It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: artist, beyond, excessively, him, literature, men, mind, minded, nature, opinions, others, reason, said, strewn , wreckage Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: beyond, literature, men, minded, opinions, others, reason, strewn , wreckage This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: altogether, could, indeed, knew, literature, meant, say, shakespeare, surpasses , writing Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live.
by Herman Wouk (Novelist, American , born in 1915) keywords: always, been, familiar, hebrew, interest, judaism, literature, live, mine, scriptures, sons, speak, strong, two , way In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?
by Gao Xingjian (Novelist, Chinese , born in 1940) keywords: achieved, authors, continued, could, enduring, great, had, history, how, lifetimes, literature, many, published, were, which, while, works, write , writing As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
by Cao Yu (Playwright, Chinese , born in 1910) keywords: decreasing, difficult, digest, ideas, literature, number, read, readers, society, through , will There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
by Mao Zedong (Leader, Chinese , born in 1893) keywords: above, art, cause, classes, detached, fact, independent, literature, part, politics, proletarian, revolutionary, sake, stands, such, thing , whole
