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Quotes from Interview with The Paris Review — Elena Poniatowska

born 1932 France

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The ultimate outcome of our actions cannot be known. But despite our limited awareness, I believe we must always act with compassion.

Interview with The Paris Review (2018)

Of course, imaginative writing always contains elements of the writer’s lived experience, but there is a different sort of freedom in it than there is in reporting or in novels based on interviews.

Interview with The Paris Review (2018)

The question of being encouraged or discouraged by this or that event cannot be asked if one is to go on with a certain moral conviction.

Interview with The Paris Review (2018)

Boundaries, after all—of custom, of language, of what is and is not permitted—not only function to keep others out but also keep those inside from expanding.

Interview with The Paris Review (2018)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elena Poniatowska (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.