#censor

Censorship is advertising paid by the government. ↗

— Federico Fellini

#censorship #government #paid

Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that, we were involved in a game with the censors. That was our struggle. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#began #censors #developments #game #involved

Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#freedom #news #freedom

In books I found explicitly, flamboyantly, everything censored in life. ↗

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

#life #reading #life

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense. ↗

— John Christopher

#censorship

We appreciate your coming to us with a copy of your letter to your sister, but it was unnecessary. Your offense was known to us even before the letter's receipt by your sister. Effective as of September 15 the primary responsibility of our isle's new assistant chief postal inspector has been to scan all post for use of illegal letters of the alphabet, then to make nightly reports to the Council. A report has been put on file on your behalf, your official sentence to be forthwith in issuance. ↗

— Mark Dunn

#totalitarianism #censorship

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully. It's sorta internal censorship. We censor each other. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#censor #censorship #country #dangerous #each

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#censored #considerations #dream #dreams #economic

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#cases #censorship #get #i #i think

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it. ↗

— Kathy Acker

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