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There was a hole in Washington fiction, I felt, when I started out. Most D.C. novels were about politics or the federal city or…

— George Pelecanos

“You know, one of the interesting things you find about writing fiction is that any fiction you write has to be political. Otherwise, it…

— Walter Mosley

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.

— Irwin Shaw

In a democracy in the 20th and 21st century, if you can't base your fiction upon ordinary people and the issues that engage them,…

— John Updike

My job, in general, is nonfiction, so writing fiction was liberating. If you can't find the answer to something, you just make it up!

— Jake Tapper

Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want to see…

— David Foster Wallace

“Political activists rarely like fiction of any kind. Literature is about ambiguity, mixed emotions, and guilty pleasures. Politics is about ideals and action.”

— Christopher Bram

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

— Barbara Kingsolver

Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document.

— Larry Kramer

I think one of the problems with being a fiction writer these days is that you can't keep up with the headlines. Things that…

— Don Winslow

“I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's…

— Flannery O'Connor

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

— Boris Johnson