“I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.” IfsWorldMovingPerfectImpossibleRebuff Author:Anne Roiphe
“I feel that the world needs writers. We need to know what's really going on.” KnowsWorldNeedsFeels Author:Anne Roiphe
“We have to recognize that it is a very, very painful thing for people to be exposed to their social community, to be exposed in the world, as not what they would have wanted to be seen as. This is very painful and difficult for people.” PeopleWorldWantedSocialDifficultCommunityPainfulExposedPainful Things 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
“It's true, we tend to write about the same thing over and over again because this is our trauma. If I had been in World War II, I might have been writing about D-Day over and over again.” IfsWorldWritingHas BeensWarMightTraumaWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IMight Have BeenD Day 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
“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
“It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world.” PeopleWorldHardStatesMovingFriendshipFriendsAnother World Author:Anne Roiphe
