What did Anthony Powell mean by: Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. - Anthony Powell Novelist · England Copy
+ [T]here is no greater sign of innate misery than a love of teasing. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anthony Powell, Misery, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
+ Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anthony Powell, Creative, Hard Work, Writing, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
+ It is not what happens to people that is significant, but what they think happens to them. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anthony Powell, Significant, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
+ A dance to the music of time. Feraz Zeid, June 4, 2023December 12, 2023, Anthony Powell, Time, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
+ Self-love seems so often unrequited. Feraz Zeid, June 28, 2023December 12, 2023, Anthony Powell, Being Yourself, Confidence, Love, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
+ You have to be a product of the product. Feraz Zeid, August 6, 2023December 12, 2023, Anthony Powell, Products, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
+ There is, after all, no pleasure like that given by a woman who really wants to see you. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anthony Powell, Pleasure, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
+ Writing is above all a question of instinct. Feraz Zeid, June 4, 2023December 12, 2023, Anthony Powell, Instinct, Writing, 0 - Anthony Powell Novelist · England
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France