It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.
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It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political.
It is more important to be a personality than a person who is in a political party.
For me, my party views don't advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O'Rourke, I'll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that.
You won't get a rational assessment of a political party from a member, and you won't get a reasoned account of the joys of being 'linked' from somebody who's already 'in.'
As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.
Dogmatic ideological parties tend to splinter the political and social fabric of a nation.
I always believe writing is an indispensable part of one's political armoury.
Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.
I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want.
The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.
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