Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Quote by Ezra Pound

Topics: Books Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Understanding Quotes

Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions...

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions...

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not...

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly...

The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly...

The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should...

The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious...

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around...

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around...