“Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. All it takes is to lash out violently at someone who has done you some grievous harm, proclaiming that only your pain matters in this world. More than against that person's body, you will then, at that moment, be committing a crime against your own imagination.” WorldPersonsMatterDoneMomentsBodyPainImaginationEnemyCrimeThis WorldInsightHarmThat MomentLashesProclaiming Author:Ariel Dorfman
“I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.” IfsWorldFeelsI CanStoriesMinesIndian Author:Ariel Dorfman
“I'm the most communal person that exists and a very solitary person. So I think writing is a form of getting to the community and being alone, and it's the best of both possible worlds.” ThinkingWorldWritingPersonsFormCommunitySolitary Author:Ariel Dorfman
“You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language is where the other, parallel violence, the cruelty exercised on the body, originates.” WorldWantLooksBodyHumanityLanguageForgetViolenceCrueltyOppressionNever ForgetParallelsSideways Author:Ariel Dorfman
