Battle Quote by N. K. Jemisin Download Open image “I would love to just write and not have everything I say or do turn into a political battle.” — N. K. Jemisin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Battle Everything Love Political Say Writing
And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people. — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I can't really see myself writing about politics because I'm not really into it, and one of the worst things you can do is… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
I wish I was the kind of writer who would go to a war zone and write about something that's meaningful and important to… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I don't think I will ever write about politics or foreign policy. I feel like there is so much good writing in those areas… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me. — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about… — Theodore White Copy Share Image
I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
I can't do anything other than writing. I'm not very able, generally. If I'd not been a writer, I would probably be a very… — Jack Thorne Copy Share Image
In the 'Dreamblood' books, I'm focusing more on what I like about epic fantasy: the layering and depth of tension; the chance to really… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them, I guess… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
To some degree, as I move outside of the exclusive genre audience, the exclusive genre issues don't bother me as much. Maybe that's just… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
As a black woman, I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful; the status… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
I've been very happy with Orbit and am thrilled that they're giving me more chances to explore my creative visions. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
I think the people who believe that works can and always should be divorced from the context are people who have the privilege to… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
In the battle for police reform, accountability and justice, Americans don't have to re-invent the wheel. We just have to revoke the thing that… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“Which people take the time to care for their souls, these days? I reckon not many. But...hear this: I think that maybe in our lives -- in our scrabbling for food, in the washing of our bodies and warming of them, in our small daily battles -- we can forget our souls. We do not tend to them, as if… — Susan Fletcher Copy Share
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine. Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is The gain of the one at the top, For art is a form of catharsis, And love is a permanent flop, And work is the province of cattle,… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share
When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role. — Tab Hunter Copy Share Image
“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end." Love is a battle?" said Franz. "Well, I don't feel at all like fighting." And he left. — Milan Kundera Copy Share
It's almost ironic sitting here watching stories about Norm's courageous 'battle' with cancer. He actually did a bit on stage about how stupid that… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image