Bad Literature Quotes

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.

The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

Pornography is writing that seeks primarily, even exclusively, to bring about sexual stimulation. This can be done crudely or delicately. In the former case it would be bad literature; in the latter good.

A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.

Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.

Burroughs is crap. Crap.

You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.

A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book.

I read one book where the characters never said anything; instead, they spent all their time grunting and bleating and hissing and cooing and growling and chirping and... It was like a menagerie in there. After a while, I wasn't even taking in the rest of the book, because that was all I could see: the dialogue tags.

bad literature of the sort called amusing is spiritual gin.

People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by choosing bad poems or novels.

As always, a lot of bad books will be published. Some good books will be published, and you have to seek them out.

I love deliberately badly written books.

In the course of my research, I've read a lot of incredibly bad books - mostly by academics. I'm puzzled as to just why their writing is so terrible. These are smart people, after all.

It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books.

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.