“Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.” Quote by Damien Hirst
“I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write much at all - no more than any other child who read a lot of books. I began to write fiction and poetry when I first had a room that was truly my own with a door that shut and some measure, however fragile, of privacy.” KnowsWritingFirstsChildrenBookWould BeMy OwnRoomsFictionDoorsPrivacyFragile Author:Marge Piercy
“I wrote to make sense out of all the contradictions I experienced and to deal with the pain and loss I was undergoing.” PainLossDealsMake SenseContradictionPain And Loss Author:Marge Piercy
“I wasn't afraid of being poor; I rather took it for granted. I was good at getting by with very little. I couldn't imagine sacrificing my writing to anything else.” WritingLittlesPoorImagineSacrificeGranted Author:Marge Piercy
“We may be losing the ability to understand animals who are not pets or horses. We have less contact with them. We don't (most of us) tend to know even cows and pigs, let alone bears or wolverines or red tailed hawks.” KnowsMayAbilityAnimalBearsLosingRedHorseContactPetCowsPigsHawks Author:Marge Piercy
“I communicate much better with cats, usually. I know them and their body language - as my own cats know mine very well. Cats are adept at reading subtle signals.” KnowsWellsBodyReadingLanguageMy OwnMinesCatCommunicateSubtleSignalsBody LanguageAdept Author:Marge Piercy
“I never thought of myself as explaining cats in general. I simply viewed the cats I have known as characters in my life, often as quirky and complex as the humans with whom I have spent time.” HumansCharacterKnownCatComplexesExplainingQuirky Author:Marge Piercy
“If I observe my cats carefully, it is partly because I observe everyone I deal with as carefully as I can and partly because they amuse and entertain me. They are an important part of the fabric of my daily life.” IfsI CanImportantDealsCatDaily LifeFabric Author:Marge Piercy
“Women slave for their hair! It's all about how we compare ourselves to other women, how we size ourselves up.” HairSlaveSizeCompare Author:Halle Berry
“As a woman, when you embrace where you are in life, then I think the struggle [life] isn't so hard. If you're 42 and still think you're an ingenue, then you've got a problem.” IfsThinkingStillsHardProblemStruggleEmbraceWhere You AreLife StruggleWhere You Are In Life Author:Halle Berry
“Every poet has a certain amount of "stuff." That's what you draw from for imagery. The more stuff you know well, not simply intellectually but sensually, emotionally, intimately, the wider the pool from which you draw.” KnowsWellsCertainStuffPoetAmountDrawsPoolImagery Author:Marge Piercy