Bernt Carlsson - Literature

Famous quotes containing the word literature:

“The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That’s what their substance is.”
—Jonathan Miller (b. 1936)

“Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)