“ There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic. Anne Stevenson Poet
“ I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. And I put on the blinders, and I really - it is, for me, that simple. Dan Brown Author
“ When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated. Daniel Alarcon Author
“ My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them. Daniel Radcliffe Actor
“ So I'm not a Southern writer in the commonly held sense of the term, like Faulkner or Eudora Welty, who took the South for their entire literary environment and subject matter. Donna Tartt Writer
“ I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't. Edward Carpenter Poet