Quote by Alan Bennett
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read a

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. – Alan Bennett

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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else. – Alan Bennett

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When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman

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This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. – Elbert Hubbard

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All literature is political. – LeVar Burton

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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. – John LeCarre

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