Irish - Writer | September 10, 1963 -
Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me.
Marian Keyes
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I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.
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My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.
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I think there is pressure on people to turn every negative into a positive, but we should be allowed to say, 'I went through something really strange and awful and it has altered me forever.'
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I don't like this idea of division: that if you're a clever woman then you've got to be a particular way. Because men don't. Men please themselves.
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My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.
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Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never mocked, whereas it's easy for women to take mocking on board, to be belittled. Because we're used to it.
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I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.
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As I get older the stars have gone from my eyes more, and I see that life is just something that has to be lived with, that it's better not to struggle.
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I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.
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I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways.
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Writing about feeling disconnected has enabled me to connect, and that has been the most lovely thing of all.
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