Ken Liu The novel that an author writes is often not the novel that the reader reads, and most of the ‘messages’ in a novel are put there by the reader. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course. That’s how literature functions. – Ken Liu Author Quotes Functions Quotes Literature Quotes Messages Quotes Reader Quotes Reads Quotes Writes Quotes Wrong Quotes I’ve been writing long enough to know that fiction, as a rhetorical mode, works very differently from expository writing. If an author has a specific critique about contemporary society in mind, fiction tends not to be the best means to deliver that critique. Writers are naturally obsessed with books, the tangible artifacts of their labor. Even beyond the text, I love the physicality of books, the possibilities presented by their substance and form.
Julianne Moore I think everybody’s political. The act of being alive is political. Unless you choose to be a hermit, you’re automatically political because you’re part of a community. – Julianne Moore
Govinda I have many dear friends in the film industry, but finally, the roles come to me on merit, not because of personal equations. – Govinda
Pico Iyer The one thing perhaps that technology hasn’t always given us is a sense of how to make the wisest use of technology. – Pico Iyer
Amal Clooney There is lots of my work that takes place behind closed doors that is not ever seen. – Amal Clooney
Asdrubal Cabrera More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way. – Asdrubal Cabrera
Robert Osborne When I was growing up, you’d read about actors, and they’d never tell you their age and how much they made a year as part of their definition. – Robert Osborne
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