Censorship Quote by George Orwell

I always believe writing is an indispensable part of one's political armoury.

— Boris Johnson

There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear of being…

— Alice Mattison

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the…

— George Orwell

It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me.

— John Edgar Wideman

I think all writing is an attempt to complicate and subvert the dominant narrative. Writing personalizes statistics. It puts a face and a name…

— Nick Laird

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

When you're on your own, you have all the self-censorship that everybody has when they try and write. All the little voices that say,…

— Nick Cave

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

“The point in all this is that language is a handy whipping boy to summon and belabor when we have failed in some serious…

— Chinua Achebe

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Writing is the continuation of politics by other means.

— Philippe Sollers