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...

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 motions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.

Isaac Bashevis Singer in New York Times Magazine (26 November 1978)
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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