“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
“Certainly children are being encouraged far more than they were seventy-five years ago and are more accepted as they are.” YearsChildrenFiveYears AgoAcceptedFive YearsSeventies Author:Alice Mattison