23 Quotations by Marguerite Young
- 1. A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writ ...
- 2. A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death ...
- 3. All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is tha ...
- 4. I bear a heavy gift.
- 5. I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong politic ...
- 6. I had a book, which was stolen, the art of the life of the character, in which you present a whole l ...
- 7. I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because ...
- 8. I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about.
- 9. I never really attempted to commit suicide. I used to think about committing suicide when I was abou ...
- 10. I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born t ...
- 11. I see myself as traditional even though I know you see my work as experimental. I don't really consi ...
- 12. I studied with Robert Morss Lovett, the great professor of epic literature. Another important influe ...
- 13. I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certai ...
- 14. I think that the style is the writing, a beautiful sense of style. And if you don't have it, it does ...
- 15. I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not noti ...
- 16. I was not influenced by Joyce although he's a great writer, and I love his work. I was influenced by ...
- 17. I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in ...
- 18. If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.
- 19. Just as I do not want my students to imitate my style, I admire authors who write differently from m ...
- 20. Like Kay Boyle, whose work I'm wild about, I could have married, written a book with every baby, a b ...
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