Why Write?

“I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To oppose, resist, and sabotage the contemporary drift toward a global technocratic police state, whatever its ideological coloration… I write for the joy and exultation of writing itself. To tell my story.” 

—Edward Abbey (1927-1989), writer and activist, “A Writer’s Credo,” 1985.

• Editorial Comment: And to have fun.

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard