Community Quote by James Ellroy

I wanted to present a sweep and scope of larger events, and a grander backdrop, but most important was to set against that a…

— Chang-Rae Lee

“my career in public life, I have had the rare privilege of being a participant in many of the defining moments of our country’s…

— Pranab Mukherjee

I got an excellent opportunity to learn and understand democratic values early on. And it shook me. This played a significant role in making…

— Narendra Modi

I wanted to show what it's really like for 98 percent of the world's population [in the third world]. Plus, I also see there…

— Lurlene McDaniel

I hope I represent a type of politics where we bring people together, where we inspire people - and we do it with this…

— Jagmeet Singh

After I finished my first draft of 'Salvage the Bones,' I felt that I wasn't political enough. I had to be more honest about…

— Jesmyn Ward

I was raised with a sense of democratic vistas and egalitarianism.

— Anne Waldman

No matter where I went, there was someone rejecting my ideology. What was interesting was these reactions made me want to do it even…

— Jazzie B

I wanted to see myself as something different, and I wanted to convince people that I was capable of something other than what they…

— Lizzy Caplan

In the end, I would love [the audience] to be more open to the understanding of different types of personalities, you know?

— Miguel Angel Silvestre

“I tried to map the cultural trends leading up to it but as I did they grew, interconnecting and weaving backwards and sideways out…

— Vanessa Veselka

“to uncover the true workings of human society from beneath the aesthetic surface under observation. (xiii)”

— Émile Zola