You know, one of the interesting things you find about writing fiction is that any fiction you write has to be political. Otherwise, it goes into the realm of fantasy. So like, if you write about a woman in America in 1910, if you don’t write that she can’t really control her property, that she can’t–doesn’t have any say over her children, that she can’t vote–if you don’t put that in it, then it’s a fantasy. Like, well, how is her life informed? That’s true about everybody. If you write about black people, you write about white men, I mean, it has to be political. A lot of people don’t realize that, it seems. Walter Mosley
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This quote is about the need for fiction to be political. When writing fiction, you must stick to the facts and not include false information. If you fail to include the facts as they are, then your writing will be considered as fantasy and will not be taken seriously.

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