He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
He that loves reading has everything within his reach.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.
Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write.