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.

As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

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?

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

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.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

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.

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.

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.

Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.