{"quotes":[{"text":"Novel-writing has in one respect an affinity to the drama—that time and distance are required to soften for use the harsher features that may be exhibited from real life; that it was almost impossible to bring forward events without touching on their causes; and that any tendency to political discussion, however liberal or applicable, was not to be tolerated in a sort of work which people took up with no other design than to be amused at the least possible expence of thought.","author":"Charlotte Turner Smith","tags":["hip","novel","novel-writing","novels","political-writing","politics","revolution","writing"],"id":26329,"author_id":"Charlotte+Turner+Smith"},{"text":"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues....","author":"George Orwell","tags":["political-writing","politics"],"id":301454,"author_id":"George+Orwell"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}