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There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
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I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
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John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
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So many writers grew up in tortured isolation, in revolt against their families. I and my sister were in a house where… — George Packer Copy Share Image
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I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
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There are writers out there who say they're writing a second series, and then you pick it up and it feels exactly… — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
But what's a writer for? The whole point is to put yourself into other lives, other heads-writers have always done that. If… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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When we are in pre-production, this is the best job in the world. Working 10 to 7, sitting around and brainstorming with… — Paul Lieberstein Copy Share Image
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