Books
Quotes
Blog
Author Program
Sign In
Sign Up
There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing. Fundamentalism means nothing more or less than going back to an origin and staying there. It stands for one founding book and, thereafter, no more books.
— J. M. Coetzee
Tags: writing, more, nothing, book

Other Quotes by "J. M. Coetzee"

I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
— J. M. Coetzee
Tags: thinking, world, style, work
I read a great deal as a child. A lot of children go through a phase of reading in a literally voracious way. It is their primary imaginative activity. Maybe that's an experience which is not so common any more with the presence of television in every home.
— J. M. Coetzee
Tags: children, experience, home, great
If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction?
— J. M. Coetzee
Tags: why, way, saying, better
The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
— J. M. Coetzee
Tags: uncomfortable, dead, feel, today
Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals.
— J. M. Coetzee
Tags: animals, legal, heart, change
View More by "J. M. Coetzee"
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Community Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
© WSIRN 2025, Made with ❤ in Tokyo & Bali.