The novel is a seduction; a reader has to be seduced. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes reader seduce seduction
As humans, we all want our own island. Of course, the truth is, we're never going to get it. T. C. Boyle humanislandtruth Change image and share on social
I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else. T. C. Boyle enslavepointsacrifice Change image and share on social
The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since. T. C. Boyle compulsivelyeventhumdrum Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me. Ann Bancroft lousyluckyreader Change image and share on social
We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men. George Ripley abstractattachmentdevotion share on social
Teaching and writing, to me, is really just seduction; you go to where people are and you find something that they're interested in and you try and use that to convince them that they should be interested in what you have to say. Lawrence M. Krauss convincefindinterest share on social
