Quotes by Epic The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling. Lascelles Abercrombie style epic matter The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read. Lascelles Abercrombie recitation epic firsts The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always. Lascelles Abercrombie artistic epic world Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life. Lascelles Abercrombie epic said attitude There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny. Lascelles Abercrombie destiny epic men With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem. Lascelles Abercrombie epic determination men My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said. Laurie Anderson epic dream writing Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci life-changing epic power Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished. Leslie Nielsen humor epic funny The architect had not stopped to bother about columns and porticos, proportions or interiors, or any limitation upon the epic he sought to materialize; he had simply made a servant of Nature - art can go no further. Lew Wallace epic nature art The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc. Lindsey Shaw etc epic sports It was a kiss small in its ministrations but epic in its feeling. Libba Bray kissing epic feelings Absence - that common cure of love. Lord Byron epic love funny I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at some of the epic writers of our country's history, very rarely do you find upper-class royalty. We seem to delve into the struggle of life and the labor of life much more frequently. Lucas Neff epic struggle country I like the idea of building this wandering, epic narrative in a form that people don't expect epic narratives to appear. Lucas Neff epic people ideas To tell a strong story with real taste of an epic tragedy needs great actors. Luiz Bolognesi epic strong real whether they'll write the story of my life as a tragedy or an epic fantasy... I was wondering if it was going to be a kiss at the end, or sad music and a sweeping camera shot over the fields I once roamed freely. I'm hoping for the kiss, but expecting the sweeping camera shot. Maggie Stiefvater kissing epic writing I find it interesting that authors of fantasy and science fiction novels are rarely asked if their books are based on their personal experiences, because all writing is based on personal experience. I may not have gone on an epic quest through a haunted forest, but the feelings in my books are often based on feelings I've had. Real-life events, in fantasy and science fiction, can take on metaphorical significance that they can't in a so-called realistic novel. Malinda Lo epic writing book I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made in the first impact the last. Marcus Sakey epic writing book In eternity this world will be like Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets. Marilynne Robinson epic believe world «910111213141516171819»