Most literature everywhere and of every time is bad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
I'm from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something becomes a success, it has to be bad, and then they'll do everything they can to stab it to death.
Bad literature is a form of treason.
Reverence is fatal to literature.
If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.
I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.
I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.
I find that most novels are not good all the way through. A story can be good all the way through, every sentence.