#lit

As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative. ↗

— Ben Stein

#becoming #beverly #beverly hills #conservative #hills

Hemingway's remarks are not literature. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#literature #remarks

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#answer #any #been #gonna #never

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#beginning #garden #grows #in the beginning #little

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#inconceivable #literature #sex #unconcerned

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#beings #human #human beings #interested #reality

Remarks are not literature. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#remarks

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#art #contemporary #difference #enough #generation

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

#believe #dedication #does #hold #i

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#alcohol #among #athletes #because #convince