Young
Young
character writing obsession
If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed.
book written has-beens
All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.
may flaws flawed
All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe.
awards association firsts
The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.
people long community
Twice in his life Eugene Victor Debs took the long leap to the Ultima Thule of prison, passing beyond the realm of the acceptable into the nonacceptable, from respectability into the criminal community of the monster who was an enemy to the people.
leader hallucinations
Don't blindly follow any leader.
writing reality bridges
All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side.
reality ideas people
When you have examined all the illusions of life and know that there isn't any reality, but you nevertheless go on, then you are a mature human being. You accept the idea that it is all mask and illusion and that people are in disguise. You see the crumbl
reality ideas leader
If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.
ends middle
Life has no beginning, middle or end.
fate men born
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.
sleep writing night
I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.
love speak
Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him.
fate realizing
we live our fate before we realize exactly what it is.