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Writers who refuse to tell readers what to think, and write about love, childhood or frogs, must keep the freedom to do so.
Drawn from what Ian McEwan said
What Ian McEwan actually said
- Ian McEwan by English novelist, author of Atonement
All writers like Basho who choose the belly of the whale, who refuse to tell us what they think, or what we should think, who wish to celebrate or investigate love, childhood, Boys' Weeklies, frogs or the delights of close attention to one or two details - they must have their freedom to do so.
Where this was said
↗Politics and the Imagination: Reflections on George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale'web.archive.org
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