“Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies.” PeopleThinkingBodyUnhappyHappy MarriageUnhappy Marriage Author:Anne Roiphe
“I don't really think it comes as a shock to every writer if somebody in their family is mad at them. Yes, it's very upsetting. But it's inherent in the process of trying to make sense of one's life, which is what I think is perhaps at the bottom of writing at all.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingProcessMadBottomMake SenseUpsetShockInherent Author:Anne Roiphe
“I think our material is our lives. That's part of being a modern writer, and we have to use it.” ThinkingUseOur LivesModernMaterials Author:Anne Roiphe
“People always think their world is coming to an end if they're exposed, and of course it isn't coming to an end; it goes right on exactly the way it always was.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayEndsCoursesExposedComing To An End Author:Anne Roiphe
“I've told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that's just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough.” ThinkingWayMayDifferentEnoughStoriesDifferent WaysTwelve Author:Anne Roiphe
“You have to have a certain kind of thickening of the hide. I mean, I'm not particularly worried about what other people think. If other people think that I was not the world's most perfect mother, they are completely right.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldKindMeanMotherCertainPerfectWorried Author:Anne Roiphe
“What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.” PeopleThinkingWritingMatterMajorsConcernThink Of Me Author:Anne Roiphe
“I would prefer you not to say, "That was the most terribly written piece I've ever read." That would hurt me. But you don't think I'm the best person in the world? Well, alright.” ThinkingWorldWellsPersonsHurtPiecesWrittenAlrightHurt MeBest Person Author:Anne Roiphe
“Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some of them tend to take that freedom to live a little more openly or a little more dangerously, sometimes a lot more self-destructively, than other people.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindKindLittlesSelfSometimesArtistSocialBounds Author:Anne Roiphe
“I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days.” ThinkingImportantSometimesCoursesSupportStageAngryGood ThingsSlipsStages Of Life Author:Anne Roiphe
“I think that certainly the artists of the '40s, '50s and '60s were fighting a very conformist society, which didn't give them enough space to live or create, and they were bucking all kinds of spoken and unspoken rules.” ThinkingGivingKindEnoughArtistFightingSpaceAll KindsUnspokenConformistUnspoken Rules Author:Anne Roiphe
