“I wanted to write a voice that for me, as a reader, had been missing from the chorus: the voice of an angry woman.” WritingWantedVoiceMissingReaderAngryChorusAngry Women Author:Claire Messud
“I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure - the failure that sometimes washes over me as anger, makes me so angry I could spit - is all mine, in the end. What made my obstacles insurmountable, what consigned me to mediocrity, is me, just me. I thought for so long, forever, that I was strong enough -- or I misunderstood what strength was.” WorldLongMadeEndsSometimesEnoughStrongForeverMinesBlameAngryObstaclesMediocrityMisunderstoodStrong EnoughSpitInsurmountable Book:The Woman Upstairs Source: The Woman Upstairs
“Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every last one of them. Because if it’s unseemly and possibly dangerous for a man to be angry, it’s totally unacceptable for a woman to be angry. I wanted to write a voice that for me, as a reader, had been missing from the chorus: the voice of an angry woman.” IfsMenWritingBookWantedLastsVoiceDangerousMissingReaderAngryChorusAngry Women Author:Claire Messud
