Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. Cyril Connolly artgraspjournalism Change image and share on social
Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives. Camilo Jose Cela denunciationliteraturelive Change image and share on social
Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about. Thomas McGuane caredieditch Change image and share on social
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. Octavio Paz contrarydeprivationexpression share on social
Literature is the immortality of speech. August Wilhelm von Schlegel immortalityliteraturespeech Change image and share on social
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. Thornton Wilder literatureorchestrationplatitude Change image and share on social
Literature is the question minus the answer. Roland Barthes answerliteratureminus Change image and share on social
Literature is the stringing together of pictures in words. Thomas Kinkade literaturepicturestring Change image and share on social
Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form. Thomas Mann forminstinctliterature Change image and share on social
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. Roland Barthes literatureproofprove Change image and share on social
