Art of life Quote by Mary Gaitskill

I think politics is a higher build in life. You know? If you diffuse under normal, common sense of a story, you make it…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

In the world of fiction, politics usually appears considerably more exciting than it is.

— Jess Phillips

I think that literature is something that embraces a much larger experience than politics. It's an expression of what is life, of what are…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

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 suspect political fiction is at its best precisely when it doesn't preach, but restricts itself to showing the reader a different way of…

— Charles Stross

Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about politics -…

— Bruce Cockburn

Politics is real. It has an impact on people's lives. It's harder to quantify the impact art has. Personally, I oscillate between two extremes.…

— Killian Scott

I think that politics in most people's lives expresses itself like that: indirectly, in half thought-out opinions and feelings. And sometimes through a connection…

— Mary Gaitskill

It would be difficult for a writer of realism to avoid suggesting a political/moral perspective in his or her fiction. "Politics" per se is…

— Joyce Carol Oates

One of the reasons that politics lets us down is that we keep comparing it to our ideal narratives, to politics on TV or…

— George Lakoff

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.

— Robert Harris

Politics are wack - it's mostly about the characters instead of the issues, like how religion is about religion instead of spirituality.

— Santigold