Asking Quote by Bob Woodward

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

I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people…

— Lynda Barry

When I write my novels, I'm not writing them to make political points. I'm writing them because I passionately love monsters and the weird…

— China Mieville

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 can't really see myself writing about politics because I'm not really into it, and one of the worst things you can do is…

— Brian Fallon

A lot of my traditional audience does not appreciate my foray into politics.

— Marianne Williamson

These are two opposing forces, and whenever I am in active politics, I stop writing. And when I'm writing, I don't politick.

— Gore Vidal

There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who…

— Ed Koch

I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that.

— Zephyr Teachout

I don't write political stuff. I'm sure I've made attempts, but I don't tend to write very topical things, either. I admire those people…

— Kyle Mooney

I am getting much more political as I get older. It's the duty of any writer, in particular, not to stand back from the…

— Jeanette Winterson

As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes…

— H. P. Lovecraft