Writers themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon … - Nadine Gordimer - Quotesmemo.com

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Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance".

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Nadine Gordimer

Writers themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope.

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The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

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