To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.

Quote by Lawrence Clark Powell

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What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is...

I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is...

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing...

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing...

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing...

A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Don't ever rush creativity.

Don't ever rush creativity.

Sometimes creativity just means the daily work of helping others to see a problem in...

Sometimes creativity just means the daily work of helping others to see a problem in...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.

Talent works, genius creates.

Talent works, genius creates.

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

The key to creativity is to create when you don't feel creative.

The key to creativity is to create when you don't feel creative.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

In seperateness lies the worlds great misery, in compassion lies the worlds true strength.

In seperateness lies the worlds great misery, in compassion lies the worlds true strength.