- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do I find the fantasy - husband, family, kids - exhausting instead of alluring? Is there something wrong with me? Do I have a life?
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
The clothes are different: pre-dog, I used to be very finicky and self-conscious about how I looked; now I schlep around in the worst clothing - big heavy boots, baggy old sweaters, a hooded down parka from L.L. Bean that makes me look like an astronaut.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aim to write for an hour per day. I used to be a teacher, and an hour a day before school was all it took for me to write my first book. Don't get discouraged if a holiday or illness interrupts your writing habit. Just start it up again.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few years later, I sent him a copy!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the kids there all knew each other, and somehow I was even more of an outcast.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents got divorced when I was really young and I was a very hyperactive kid, so both parents independently would play Enya at the house to calm me down and soothe me as a kid.
- Guilty
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the music comes out of that conflict of wanting this other thing and feeling guilty about wanting it, and then it guiding me somewhere despite my kicking and screaming.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, anyway, I think the format of love songs for me stopped becoming about people and started becoming about life.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom wasn't thrilled about me being in a band, because she very correctly said she couldn't see any sort of stability in it.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020