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Marguerite Young quotes

American Author August 28, 1908 – November 17, 1995

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Marguerite Young quote: "Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who..."
Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him. Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young quote: "Life has no beginning, middle or end."
Life has no beginning, middle or end. Marguerite Young
All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side. Marguerite Young
I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing. Marguerite Young
A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow. Marguerite Young
I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of. Marguerite Young
There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names-but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know. Marguerite Young
A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. Marguerite Young
I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real. Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young quote: "The first money I ever had was when I received an award from..."
The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women. Marguerite Young
I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered. Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young quote: "Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By..."
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young quote: "I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political..."
I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience. Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young quote: "When the dream came into being, I always pursued it."
When the dream came into being, I always pursued it. Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young quote: "I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from..."
I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night. Marguerite Young

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