#liter

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate. ↗

— Judy Holliday

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I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#capitalism #guilty #hopes #i #judging

I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#disturbing #elements #find #i #inevitable

Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind. ↗

— Terrence Howard

#around #because #before #caught #character

Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity. ↗

— Armand Assante

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There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#always #i #know #last #literally

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#been #characters #different #different characters #done

Literature is the question minus the answer. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#literature #minus #question

I have been told by a member of the board of one of Canada's most prominent literary magazines that a submission of mine once caused a great deal of controversy. ↗

— John Barton

#board #canada #caused #controversy #deal

Everyone’s talking about the death and disappearance of the book as a format and an object. I don’t think that will happen. I think whatever happens, we have to figure out a way to protect our imaginations. Stories and poetry do that. You need a language in this world. People want words, they want to hear their situation in language, and find a way to talk about it. It allows you to find a language to talk about your own pain. If you give kids a language, they can use it. I think that’s what these educators fear. If you really educate these kids, they aren’t going to punch you in the face, they are going to challenge you with your own language. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#literacy #online-interview #power-of-reading #reading #death