Isaac Bashevis Singer , American novelist
said about Life, War, Death, Emotion, Emotions, Intellect, Literature, Silly...
"The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance."
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"The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance."- Isaac Bashevis Singer