Gail Sheehy Quotes

I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'

Gail Sheehy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1937

Topics

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I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career.

John Cameron

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Sleep more. I don't think anyone understands how important it is. If you have a choice where you've only been sleeping five or six hours and can sleep an extra hour or work out, sleep an extra hour.

Anna Kaiser

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I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love.

Michael Connelly

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I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.

John Polkinghorne

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I think I'm a difficult conventional writer.

Tom Stoppard

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There is going to have to be austerity in the state of Kentucky.

Matt Bevin

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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I'm from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.

Mitski

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Trying to look cool and lovely in comedy is a recipe for disaster. You have to let go.

Lucy Punch

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I like relationships and being in love, but I also like being single - you have to embrace all those different things.

Dominic Monaghan

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Don't be against things so much as for things.

Colonel Sanders

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I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a place where people want to remain. It's a huge gift.

Claire Danes

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I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'

Ashwin Sanghi

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