“There's the belief that we can't be smart enough to write. And certainly censorship of women, too.” Quote by Alice Mattison
“In many cultures, women are sometimes literally kept from learning to read or from going to school.” SometimesSchoolCultureLearning To Read Author:Alice Mattison
“We still have so many cultures in which people are imprisoned and whipped and killed for writing what they think.” PeopleThinkingWritingStillsCulture Author: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