To be censored is one sure way of knowing you have been taken dead seriously. It also speaks to the continuing power of the printed word, almost fifteen hundred years after that amazing invention.
- Felice Picano
Been, Hundred, Almost, Printed
I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.
- Felice Picano
Law, Legal, System, Legal System
I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.
- Felice Picano
Give, Readings, Although, Risky
I'm 68 years old, and I'm as much a criminal now as I was at the age of 22. And, I'm even more of a dissident than I was then.
- Felice Picano
Old, More, Then, Criminal
The prime goal of censorship is to promote ignorance, whether it is done via lying and bowdlerized school texts or by attacking individual books.
- Felice Picano
Goal, Individual, Prime, Attacking
I over-scrutinize anyone new entering my life.
- Felice Picano
My Life, New, Anyone, Entering
Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers from your inflammatory words, thoughts, and images.
- Felice Picano
Thoughts, Means, Images, Censored
All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
- Felice Picano
Work, Kind, Want, All Writers
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