Argentina was interested in presenting itself as a white country, ... Its ideologues and writers put a great emphasis on the yellow fever epidemic and the war, and it was feasible to pretend that the black population had simply disappeared as immigration exploded.

George Reid

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Having gone through that in my own life, I know writers can capture things in the right way or the wrong way. I'm making sure I get it right and capture these countries with love.

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This is one of the most important markets in the country, yet it has no hometown airline.

It was just so country out here. Short Pump is not Short Pump anymore. That's the end of it.

For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.

— George Orwell

The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads, falls victim to romantic swoons and passes out at deadlines.

— George V. Higgins