LeVar Burton's quote "All literature is political" suggests that all literature has a political message or program. This could be translated in a variety of methods. It could indicate that all literature is written with a political purpose, such as to affect public opinion or to promote for a particular cause. It could likewise imply that all literature is inherently political, as it reflects the values and beliefs of the author and the society in which it was composed. It might likewise be translated to suggest that all literature is a kind of political expression, as it can be used to challenge existing class structure and to promote social modification. Ultimately, this quote suggests that literature is an essential tool for engaging in political discourse and for advocating for change.
This quote is written / told by LeVar Burton somewhere between February 16, 1957 and today. He was a famous Actor from USA.
The author also have 2 other quotes.
"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it"
"Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted"
"What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better"
"Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature"
"It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature"
"I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great"