"Writing is tyranny ... but reading is democracy." — Philip Pullman

"Writing is tyranny ... but reading is democracy."

— Philip Pullman

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176 Quotes by Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman has 176 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience…
For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.
I don't know where my ideas come from, but I know where they come to. They come to my desk,…
If you want to write anything that works, you have to go with the grain of your talent, not against…
We have to learn everything we do.
And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of…
Once upon a time lasts forever
I got a book token for Christmas and exchanged it for a book called A History of Art, and that…
I was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before my family settled in North…
What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write…
My books are about killing God.
What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is…

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More Democracy Quotes

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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the… — Aristotle
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best… — Aristotle
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings… — Richard Armitage
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of… — Richard Armour
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and… — Chinua Achebe
Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,… — Margaret Atwood

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