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  • Literature deeply stands opposed to the dominant value system-the one that rewards money and power. Writers are on the other side-they make us sympathetic to ideas and feelings that are of deep importance but can’t afford airtime in a commercialized, status-consciou s, and cynical world.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Ideas Quotes , Cynical Quotes
  • Merely that you start off with ideas buzzing around in your head, and then you try to give them the simpler, more graceful shape, of a feeling that a reader might share. You learn to sing with, not argue at, your possible readers.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adam Gopnik Quotes , Ideas Quotes , Giving Quotes