“They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'”
Samuel Butler
“Man compared to nature is a woman.”
George Otero
“It's too bad for us "literary" enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless -- pictures tell any story more effectively than words . . . If children will read comics . . . why isn't it advisable to give them some constructive comics to read?”
William Moulton Marston
“If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.”
Aaron Copland
“As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook.”
Joseph Conrad
“[DUBLIN - Not everyone was thrilled by the decision last month to give the Man Booker Prize, Britain's most influential literary award, to] The Sea ... Never Let Me Go.”
John Banville
“One learns little more about a man from his feats of literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.”
Frank Moore Colby
