Affair Quote by Salman Rushdie

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

— Salman Rushdie

There are hundreds of fine journalists who regularly inform us of what is happening in the world around us; and innumerable commentators who provide…

— Bob Barr

Can you imagine writers influencing things in America? Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to…

— Nadine Gordimer

Many Americans are eagerly watching the devolution of traditional news with relish because they agree with the prevailing narratives, whether based on true facts…

— Sharyl Attkisson

Novelists, it seems to me, are the very last people who should be asked to comment on the news of the day, and sooner…

— Hilary Mantel

We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely important, so…

— Simon Hoggart

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.

— Ted Dekker

The people [in the USA] are not very well informed. They certainly don't know history. They certainly are not interested in foreign affairs very…

— Bill Maher

I don't like the climate in which writers have to work in the USA and I think it's my responsibility to talk about it.

— Edward Albee

The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world…

— Sam Shepard

Writers only think they are interested in politics, they are not really, it gives them a chance to talk and writers like to talk…

— Anonymous