#literary

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. ↗

— John Cheever

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The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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To understand a literary style, consider what it omits. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could! ↗

— Brian Lumley

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The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century. ↗

— Ken Follett

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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality. ↗

— Yann Martel

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Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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Something is missing in our culture. We can't quite celebrate the scientific literary tradition. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

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Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience. ↗

— Robert Morgan

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