But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself … - Bel Kaufman

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I have great respect for Angela Merkel, even if we have a lot of differences.

Bel Kaufman

But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness of the human condition, in the writer's touching some common nerve ending. I think this kind of social commitment, like a lady's slip, should be there but it must not show.

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