Bernt Carlsson - Literature

Famous quotes containing the word literature:

“Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)

“The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.”
—James Connolly (1870–1916)

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