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Luis J. Rodriguez
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“I do more non-fiction writing. I have two memoirs, another nonfiction book, and I do lots of essays, journalism, poetry, and reporting. But I love the fiction. As you know I have a novel, a short story collection, and two children’s books. It’s more challenging to write fiction, but I’d like to do more of these. I don’t really prefer one over the other.”
Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his writing preferences in “An Interview with Luis J. Rodriguez” (Evanston Public Library; 2011)
“Gangs have always existed—they are primarily a community a young men trying to find intensity, meaning, a path to the outer world (outside of home) that most tribal groupings addressed with rituals, rites of passage, initiation ceremonies. We’ve lost this knowledge as a culture. Gangs also exist when there are lots of empties in a person, in family, in community. It points out how we need to do more to bring real art, passions, teachings, caring, and resources into the emptiness of young peoples’ lives…”
Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how gangs might be viewed in “An Interview with Luis J. Rodriguez” (Evanston Public Library; 2011)
“…The root cause of poverty and crime is capitalism itself. We need a society based on cooperation, caring and creativity – not profits, war and social control. For troubled men and women, we need to give people a “chance to live,” as Clarence Darrow once said. To start, we need a government that works for us – not the 1%.”
Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On what he pinpoints on the reasons for poverty and other social issues in California in “Redefining Democracy in California: An Interview With Luis Rodriguez” in Truthout (2014 May 28)