“Ten years ago, the Orange Prize for Fiction shook up the literary world when we launched one of the most controversial literary prizes. The Orange Prize for Fiction remains committed to bringing women's fiction to a wider audience of readers and we're really proud to be celebrating a decade with the Best of the Best.”
Kate Mosse
“The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as long as the work of art he is contemplating appears to do the same.”
Clive James
“My view is that popular fiction as it existed was just plain dumb, and literary fiction was either abstruse, or unbelievably boring.”
Scott Turow
“"Little magazines" are, for the most part, the mayflies of the literary world.”
Frederick Crews
“I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike , and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two , are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.”
Harold Bloom
“Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.”
Samuel Johnson
“But it's a useful way of increasing sales and drawing attention to literary fiction, which is no bad thing.”
Zoe Heller
