“When I've taught writing to five, six, and seven year olds, it's not very different than talking to an adult writer. They're writers then, and when they get to be young teenagers they're not anymore. You might go and talk to them about writing, and they'll be very self-conscious or will have detached themselves from the group.” WritingYearsDifferentSelfMightYoungTalkingFiveGroupsTaughtSixConsciousAdultsSevenTeenagerSeven YearsSelf ConsciousDetachedBe Young Author:Alice Mattison
“There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear of being offensive in some way.” WayWritingGovernmentCensorshipOffensiveGovernment And Society Author:Alice Mattison
“I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it wrong.' I can't bear that!” PeopleWritingI CanBlackWhiteHeardBearsBlack People Author:Alice Mattison
“You have to write fiction that mirrors the actual world, which has people of all sorts in it.” PeopleWorldWritingFictionMirrors Author:Alice Mattison
“There's the belief that we can't be smart enough to write. And certainly censorship of women, too.” WritingEnoughBeliefSmartCensorshipBeing Smart Author:Alice Mattison
“In many cultures, women are sometimes literally kept from learning to read or from going to school.” SometimesSchoolCultureLearning To Read Author:Alice Mattison
“We still have so many cultures in which people are imprisoned and whipped and killed for writing what they think.” PeopleThinkingWritingStillsCulture Author:Alice Mattison
“Censorship is all around us, I don't think it's innate.” ThinkingCensorshipInnate Author:Alice Mattison
“Truly things are better in general now, in America, than in the past.” AmericaPast Author:Alice Mattison