But what’s a writer for? The whole point is to put yourself into other lives, other heads — writers have always done that. If you screw up, so someone will tell you, that’s all. I think men can write about women and women can write about men. The whole point is to know the facts. Men have so often written about women without knowing the reality of their lives, and worse, without being interested in that daily reality.
The Art of Fiction #131 [The Paris Review #124, Fall 1992]
Use the link below to read the obituary of North American writer, poet, teacher and social activist GRACE PALEY:
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/books/24paley.html
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