Oct
12
“If we believe in the idea of democracy that means we believe in the worth and dignity of the inidividual - and that means everybody. It means acknowledging that everybody has an inner life that’s as rich and active as yours and mine. And novel writing is essentially telling the stories of of people. People with inner lives. So, in some sense, one can say that writing is a political act. An earnest reader of fiction will feel closer to his fellow human beings because of the experience he has of living inside other people.”
Paul Auster (via flourhoneymilk)
