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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A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

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

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

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...

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

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

The facts are always less than what really happened.

The facts are always less than what really happened.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

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

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

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...

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...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

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

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

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

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.