Grace Paley
Grace Paley
Grace Paleywas an American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 December 1922
CountryUnited States of America
writing should-have done
I know I've done good work. I've been very serious about my writing, and I've done the best that I could. But I don't feel that I've done more than I should have. In fact, I've done less than I should have.
writing plot stories
I begin by writing paragraphs that don’t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first.
thinking night translate
To translate a poem from thinking into English takes all night.
lying stories wrong-words
The wrong word is like a lie jammed inside the story.
mean modest
To be modest means that you have something to be modest about.
optimistic views world
Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.
generations next meaning-of-life
For me, the meaning of life is the next generation.
mean order years
If you're feminist, it means that you've noticed that male ownership of the direction of female lives has been the order of the day for a few thousand years, and it isn't natural.
people mind age
Old age is not a good thing. It can be really hard, and those of us who have it a little easier should keep in mind that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are not as well off.
facts doe hindsight
Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts.
beach land wave
Waves, once they land on the beach, are not reversible.
writing needs
You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.
knowing long long-time
There is a long time in me between knowing and telling.
book reality heartbreaking
That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality.