Book Quote by Elif Safak

I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it "intently political." I'm…

— Barbara Kingsolver

As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said views do…

— Jen Lancaster

I think that when you're writing fiction what you're doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and…

— Helen Fielding

People think of me as a political writer, but I don't think of myself that way.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

I never really am concerned about the political landscape of the day when I'm writing because no matter what it is, it will change.…

— Stan Lee

I have to have an impact. That's what drives me to practice to make sure my words are clear and my stories are compelling.…

— Simon Sinek

I would never, ever use a novel to do thinly disguised political information dissemination. For me, all these experiences, they sat in me, and…

— Arundhati Roy

I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say…

— Jillian Medoff

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

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're…

— Judy Blume

My political position springs from my being a novelist. In so far as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case…

— Ghassan Kanafani

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