“We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives . . . Censorship for us begins at the color line.”
Langston Hughes
“people have lost the true meaning of writing to write is not just to write something and get paid for to write is a special talent that a few people have when you have a gift and you have a dream money and all those extra things don't matter living your dream and being a true writer is the best dream you can live”
delesha shantae buford
“One's right to express oneself is a basic freedom.”
Ingram Bondin
“I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.”
John Mortimer
“Maltese society, did not tolerate what was out of the norm. Censorship, was part of the country's ( Malta 2010) mentality.”
“People who joined the protest against censorship, believed that no one had the right to say what they could read or watch.”
“‘Only extremists enjoy censorship’”
Mark Camilleri
