American - Author | December 2, 1948 -
People don't take you seriously, so you have to take yourself seriously.
Elizabeth Berg
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Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work.
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You should not pay too much attention to what anyone tells you, including me. It's very, very important to follow your own map.
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I remember, as a child, wanting all the time to buy my parents presents. I stood around forlornly in fancy shops, unable to afford a single thing.
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Women have a real talent for bearing up under hard times.
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Not being as self-contained as men, we need to share things: It's almost as though you only know what you feel about things after you share them with a woman.
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When you've written long enough, you see that there's a common theme in your work.
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The world of literature is so rich and so enriching. The value is inestimable of what reading does for you.
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As we continue to become a society of tweets, shorter and shorter messages, there's great value in the contemplation and reflection that comes from reading a long body of work.
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Traditions insist upon themselves. Look around, and you will see them trying to exist everywhere, in everyone's life.
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People see 'tradition' as something stultifying, old, and rigid, nothing that has meaning or application for us today. But families shouldn't have to follow the blueprint of the old. They can make family traditions out of whatever makes them feel comfortable and helps bring a sense of order and stability to their lives.
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My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore.
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