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user-inactivated  ·  3711 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "I think writers, by nature, must oppose things, oppose whatever power tries to impose on us." - Don DeLillo

Well, that was my response. Many great writers didn't seem to oppose anything ... but maybe they by default opposed, for example, anti-intellectualism? Maybe writing in and of itself opposes entropy?

I am skeptical of people who rail against the state, and who set themselves up as tragic heroes against the whole universe. But I'm still thinking about the quote.

Unfortunately a bit rushed at the moment.