“We still have so many cultures in which people are imprisoned and whipped and killed for writing what they think.” Quote by Alice Mattison
“Censorship is all around us, I don't think it's innate.” ThinkingCensorshipInnate Author:Alice Mattison
“Truly things are better in general now, in America, than in the past.” AmericaPast Author:Alice Mattison
“Certainly children are being encouraged far more than they were seventy-five years ago and are more accepted as they are.” YearsChildrenFiveYears AgoAcceptedFive YearsSeventies Author:Alice Mattison
“It's hard to say which of us is luckier, the ones who go through long periods when they can't write or the ones who can write pretty easily.” WritingLongHardPeriods Author:Alice Mattison
“Inevitably we start by thinking that if our work is any good, we'll get money. It's as we would if you started up a business or if you work in another profession.” IfsThinkingProfessionGet Money Author:Alice Mattison
“Writers sometimes are paid a great deal of money, but much more frequently they're not paid or are paid only a little bit.” LittlesSometimesBitsDealsLittle BitPaid Author:Alice Mattison
“Somehow we have to detach from feeling as though money is a quick and easy standard by which we can gauge how well we're doing.” WellsFeelingsEasyStandardsGauges Author:Alice Mattison
“This is true in other fields, too, that a legal aid lawyer gets a whole lot less money than a Hollywood lawyer who handles the estates of celebrities. Maybe the legal aid lawyer is doing something better, though, and maybe they're happier. It's not a completely unheard of idea, but I do think we have to remind ourselves at times to look for satisfaction in other ways.” ThinkingWayLooksIdeasWholeFieldsHollywoodSatisfactionAidsLawyerHandleEstatesSomething BetterUnheard Author:Alice Mattison