I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues…” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I came up in left-wing political writing. My first job out of college was working as Gore Vidal's fact checker. — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved. — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
Joe McGinniss will be remembered as a talented man. He changed political writing forever in 1968. We differed on many things, but… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
I am not interested in political writing, because it's limited in its scope. I try to write general, human kinds of songs,… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I generalized rashly: That is what kills political writing, this absurd pretence that you are delivering a great utterance. You never do.… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
One difference with the political writings, whether about feminism or class, is that the intent is to change how people think of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I've always said that my favorite aspect of online political writing is how interactive and collaborative it is with one's readers: that… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
[On her political writings:] It is, I confess, very possible that these my Labours may only be destined to line Trunks, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
I think all writing is political. All writing shows a preoccupation with something, whatever that thing might be, and by putting pen… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image