Quote by: Donna Tartt

I think politics is deadly to write about, frankly. If you have a political agenda and you set out to write a novel to prove that, say, capitalism should crumble, then it's going to be a really bad novel. Very few people have been able to deal with political fiction - Dickens, Dostoyevsky. But even Tolstoy got really tiresome when he was talking about the serfs. You have to let characters be characters, not [gruff voice] Mr Capitalism or [girlie voice] Miss Anti-Fur.


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Author Bio


  • NameDonna Tartt
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornDecember 23, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe Secret History; The Little Friend; The Goldfinch