Actually Quote by Simon Hoggart

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

— Anonymous

Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.

— Frank Delaney

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about…

— Vikram Seth

I certainly think it's very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about…

— Vikram Seth

“There are no bad writers only people with different taste and opinions”

— Vianka Van Bokkem

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

— Salman Rushdie

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

— Chinua Achebe

My feeling is that I think writers in general tend to be self-conscious and it takes a bit of a leap of faith or…

— Conor Oberst

Writers tend to think they occupy a much more relevant place in society than we actually do. But we really are closer to buffoons…

— Valeria Luiselli

I think that writers are best served by sticking to their writing. Not having loads of theories about the best way to position the…

— Hilton Als

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

— John Irving

Novelists are perhaps the last people in the world to be entrusted with opinions. The nature of a novel is that it has no…

— Anthony Burgess