Literature Quotes

"Books are a uniquely portable magic" "Every man's memory is his private literature." "But writing is the act of trawling the shadows to find the heart shaped glare" "We live through the books. Through them, we are able to function well as citizens of the world" "I shall not wholly die; much of me will escape Death" "A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy for there in a book you may find encouragement and comfort" "Writing is an act of faith not a trick of grammar" "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" "Life is too short to read a bad book" "To me, fantasy should be as real as possible. I don’t buy into the notion that because it’s fantastic, it should be unrealistic" "To keep the readers interested, and coming back, and to keep coming up with new and exciting ways to present stories… is an absolutely incredible accomplishment" "I have great admiration and respect for the editors, writers, and artists of the comic books" "If you talk about genres… I can bring you many comic books representing each genre" "They [comic books] are not a genre… they are a source of great stories and colorful characters" "Fiction is the truth inside the lie" "Books are the perfect entertainment" "A short story is a different thing altogether" "The road to hell is paved with adverbs" "Reality is a cliche from which we escape by metaphor." "Poetry, in essence, is the celebration of being."