Bad friend Quote by Ann Patchett

You can't be a good person when you're writing and a bad person to your husband or a bad friend.

— Ann Patchett

You can't say, "I'm too busy writing to be political." You are one person.

— Ann Patchett

“Good friendship, in Buddhism, means considerably more than associating with people that one finds amenable and who share one's interests. It means in effect…

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

You are the same person in every aspect of your life, and you have to be a responsible person in every aspect of your…

— Ann Patchett

“Not all writing is political or revolutionary, but the very act of giving yourself permission to write, to speak, to share the truth no…

— Dinty W. Moore

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.

— Toby Young

I'm writing a political comedy that takes place in Canada in Quebec. It's funny. Saying political comedy is a little redundant but it's a…

— Philippe Falardeau

When I am writing political op-eds, I do think carefully about the impact of my words. When I am writing fiction, it's a different…

— Elif Safak

“I know I can be accused of sacrilege in writing about political economy in the style of a novel about love or pirates. But…

— Eduardo Galeano

I think all writing is political. All writing shows a preoccupation with something, whatever that thing might be, and by putting pen to paper…

— Nick Laird

I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that does not have a slant. All writing slants the way a…

— Anonymous

Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.

— Bob Woodward