David Mamet - If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, o...

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If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.

David Mamet

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Wenn Sie einen Beitrag schreiben, ist es Ihre Aufgabe, Ihre Meinung zu schreiben. Wenn Sie dagegen, wie Virginia Woolf sagt, einen Roman geschrieben haben, wäre es unangemessen, wenn Sie Ihren Roman von Ihren politischen Ansichten beeinflussen lassen.

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