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“I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption that now makes it so Washington can't work.”

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Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig is a distinguished political activist and legal scholar, recognized for his work in intellectual property law, copyright, and governance. He has been a professor at Harvard Law School and is the founder of the Creative Commons movement. more

“I always had a hard time with fiction. It does feel like driving a car in a clown suit. You're going somewhere, but you're in costume, and you're not really fooling anybody. You're the guy in costume, and everybody's supposed to forget that and go along with you. Obviously, it can work, it works all the time - well, it doesn't always work. Still, no matter what, I'm always looking at the form and addressing it, not ignoring it.”

Feels Wells Doe Stills Matter Hard Form Guy Forget Fiction Car No Matter What Driving Suits Hard Times Working It Costumes Clown Suits You

Author:Dave Eggers

“I've always been interested in the form itself, so I always feel like I've never been good at going ahead with the artifice and not acknowledging the self in the artistic process, and not acknowledging the absurdity of pretending that's required in fiction.”

Feels Self Form Process Fiction Artistic Pretending Absurdity Artifice Artistic Process

Author:Dave Eggers

“Loneliness is just a thing that I'm not personally interested in. So far, it hasn't been on my docket of things to write about.”

Writing Loneliness

Author:Dave Eggers

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