“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.”
S. I. Hayakawa
“If you read academic finance and economic literature, you see that people don't really accept the notion that affect, or emotion, can play a role when you make economic choices.”
Camelia Kuhnen
“How can we have an educated electorate if people aren't reading. This is a drive to get literature back in people's lives and have a public discussion on issues that are in this particular book.”
Jeanne Johnson
“The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read”
Oscar Wilde
“Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.”
Woody Allen
“I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.”
“The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.”
Dorothy Parker
