Books Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Before I point out what was wrong with this particular synthesis attempt, see if you notice the problems. OK, here’s what I noticed: There…

— Victor Cheng

Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author's own conscience.

— Anonymous

I'm a sort of political person, and I feel that there's a kind of ineradicably political dimension to theater, to all theater, whether it's…

— Tony Kushner

I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is open to…

— Cornelia Parker

The fact of picking up an instrument and writing a song and expressing yourself publicly has a powerful political dimension

— J. Robbins

“Some forms of Indian asceticism, although not all, have a socio-political dimension and these cannot be marginalized as merely the wish to negate life.”

— Romila Thapar

“Politics, after all, is the art of persuasion; the political is that dimension of social life in which tings really do become true if…

— David Graeber

You can write about a country without taking a stand, but you cannot write about a country without noting that there's history, and that…

— Yiyun Li

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

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

— Curtis Sittenfeld

People will sometimes say, "Why don't you write more politics?" And I have to explain to them that writing the lives of women IS…

— Grace Paley

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

— Mark Hoppus