“The richest author that ever grazed the common of literature.”
Of John Campbell, as quoted by Joseph Wharton; reported in "John Campbell", Encyclopedia Britannica (1911)
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Terry Eagleton (1943) British writer, academic and educator
Source: 1980s, Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), Chapter 4, p. 120
“A real author gets his best pieces of literature from narrow alleys and dirty houses”
Ali Al-Wardi (1913–1995) Iraqi sociologist
Sean O`Casey (1880–1964) Irish writer
Letter to The Daily Telegraph, July 8, 1941; published in The Letters of Sean O'Casey: 1910-41 (New York: Macmillan, 1975) p. 890.
Of P. G. Wodehouse's wartime broadcasts from Berlin.
Robert Benchley (1889–1945) American comedian
As quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations : A Dictionary of Quotations (1987) by Robert Andrews, p. 154
“The kind of problem that literature raises is not the kind that you ever 'solve.'”
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
Whether my answers are any good or not, they represent a fair amount of thinking about the questions. <br class="br">The Educated Imagination (1963), Talk 1: The Motive For Metaphor http://northropfrye-theeducatedimagination.blogspot.ca/2009/08/1-motive-for-metaphor.html
“No author ever spar'd a brother.”
John Gay (1685–1732) English poet and playwright
Fable X, "The Elephant and the Bookseller"
Fables (1727)
“The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
2000s, 2001, First inaugural address (January 2001)
