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)

“First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)