Books Quote by Olga Tokarczuk Download Open image “The views I have, the books I write, are read as political, or even as manifestos.” — Olga Tokarczuk ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Even I write Political Politics Read
Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people. — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
People talking about politics usually start from the ass end backwards in that they think you have a political agenda, and then you make… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I think that all my books are political, I think that I have a political body of work. I am essentially a political woman,… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics creeps in… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist, a critic, an essayist - I tend to see politics as a subset of cultures rather than the other way around.… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I'm way past the idea of using ideology or political view as a gauge of human character. I simply don't believe it. And many… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics. — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
If you want to explore a political idea in the highest possible way, you embody it in the personal, because that's something that no… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics creeps in… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Reading English novels I always adore the ability to write without fear about inner psychological things that are so delicate. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Držim, naime, da je ljudska psiha stvorena da nas obrani od sagledavanja istine. Da nam ne dopusti izravno sagledati mehanizam. Psiha je naš obrambeni… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I try to do my job and be a decent person, and a decent person has the courage to face what is not necessarily… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I dream of Poland becoming a modern society that is defined not by the crippling nature of history, but by our individual achievements, a… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
How we think about the world and - perhaps even more importantly - how we narrate it have a massive significance, therefore, a thing… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
In a healthy, normal society, people can disagree with one another, even have diametrically opposing views, and this does not at all mean that… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Nekoliko dana mi je jako nedostajao – njegova kozmetika u kupaonici i čak njegove prazne šalice čaja koje je ostavljao po cijeloj kući. Svakodnevno… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
