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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing life is always a bit disorganized. It's hard for me to get going, but sometimes, once I begin, I go like the wind.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?'
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't explain exactly why it lives within me for so long and passionately. But race matters to me; racial equality matters to me, as does gender. There is something about these kinds of social injustices that go to the deep of me.
- Hunger
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hunger for knowing is what excites me. I get to geek out about editing, be on set, give notes to writers - I love it all.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am from the working class. I am now what I was then. No amount of balsamic vinegar and Prada handbags could make me forget what it was like to be poor.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be Jo in 'Little Women.' She's a bit reckless and feckless, always getting into trouble like me. But I'm probably more like Madame Bovary.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020