Always Quote by Wole Soyinka

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

— Wole Soyinka

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the…

— Don DeLillo

Every book takes you to the terror, that terrible place of possible failure.

— Sandra Cisneros

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.

— Robertson Davies

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread…

— Francis Bacon

“Words in books can remind us of truth, and help awaken us to it. But in themselves, words are just paint and writers are…

— David James Duncan

Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse…

— Holly Lisle

I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of…

— Octavio Paz

“As a writer, I can think of no greater terror than confronting a blank page, except perhaps the terror of being shot at.”

— Richard Castle

I firmly believe every book was meant to be written.

— Marchette Chute

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you.

— Terry Tempest Williams

From an early age, I had the idea that writing was truth-telling. It's on the record. Everybody can see it. Maybe it goes back…

— Edmund White