Art Quote by Orhan Pamuk

In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works, who has…

— Micah Perks

All you can be sure about in a political-minded writer is that if his work should last you will have to skip the politics…

— Ernest Hemingway

I believe that all literatures can have political uses and misuses. Sometimes politics can enhance, sometimes it can get in the way of imaginative…

— Gayl Jones

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

— Edith Wharton

“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

Novels are about men and women and children and dogs, not politics.

— John Cheever

I think overtly political novels - those that never transcend or contest their author's conscious intentions and prejudices - are problematic. This is not…

— Pankaj Mishra

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

All literature is political.

— LeVar Burton

Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people.

— Jess Phillips

“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

“I think politics is deadly to write about, frankly. If you have a political agenda and you set out to write a novel to…

— Donna Tartt