The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

Quote by Nadine Gordimer

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The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

The facts are always less than what really happened.

The facts are always less than what really happened.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...