Groups Quote by Salman Rushdie

What politicians want and what creative writers want will always be profoundly different, because I'm afraid all politicians, of whatever hue, want propaganda, and…

— David Hare

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

— Chinua Achebe

Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all…

— Joss Whedon

It's very hard to turn writers against each other, believe it or not.

— Matthew Weiner

I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.

— Ian Hunter

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

Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.

— Robert Harris

Writers are a loosely knit community - community is an overstated word. Writers don't see each other very much.

— Alan Lightman

Writing is the continuation of politics by other means.

— Philippe Sollers

Writers who open up horizons for other people are performing a function every bit as important as a consciously politicized writer.

— Wole Soyinka

Writers need each other.

— Sara Sheridan

For a fight to be productive, or at least relevant, writers should fight over different demands they put upon writing (as an individual, private…

— Aleksandar Hemon