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"I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship."
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"But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that."
Mind
"I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me."
Creativity
"I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost."
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"Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread."
Fear
"Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer."
Choice
"For me, words are just words, nothing else."
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"I am against the notion of style in itself."
Style
"Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title."
Writing
"I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish."
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"The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters."
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"Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better."
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"Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship."
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"We have reached a censorship barrier in Infidelity, to our infinite disappointment. It won't be Joan's [Joan Crawford's] next picture and we are setting it aside awhile till we can think of a way of halfwitting halfwit Hayes and his legion of decency. Pictures needed cleaning up in 1932-33...but because they were suggestive and salacious. Of course the moralists now want to apply that to all strong themes-so the crop of the last two years is feeble and false, unless it deals with children."
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"By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech."
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"They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why three were OK, I don't know."
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"Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate."
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"The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial."
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"We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation."
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"I had my first amendment rights removed by a USA judge for a video that I recorded in the public sidewalk. The right to free speech and freedom of the press only partially exists in the USA."
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"Censorship is the height of vanity."
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