Chance Quote by Anonymous

When I was younger, I used to be very impatient with anyone who wasn't doing overtly political work. I've since come to feel that…

— Tony Kushner

There are certainly people for whom politics is not a category that helps you understand human existence. In fact, it's kind of a detour…

— Tony Kushner

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.

— Robert Harris

The writers are pretty political and they want to get as big an audience as they can - they want the popular vote.

— Bill Pullman

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social…

— Janis Ian

I think if you're going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can't just write about politics, you have…

— Billy Bragg

I think writing is a very political act. I think that any writer who says it's not, is simply a writer who is disavowing…

— Mohsin Hamid

I don't have an opinion about whether or not politics should appear more in fiction or not, generally. I think politics are a part…

— Mary Gaitskill

One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of civil society,…

— Thomas Mallon

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and…

— Julianna Baggott

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

— Salman Rushdie