Judith Guest

Make peace with what is.

— Judith Guest

My success is not who I am.

— Judith Guest

I've never been one to tear the social fabric.

— Judith Guest

“People have a right to be the way they are.”

— Judith Guest

... the monotonous beauty of wealth.

— Judith Guest

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

— Judith Guest

Always good to have one crazy in the family ... It takes the pressure off everybody else.

— Judith Guest

With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

— Judith Guest

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

— Judith Guest

Jesus but people got weird when they lived alone.

— Judith Guest

“A little advice about feelings kiddo; don't expect it always to tickle." Dr, Berger”

— Judith Guest

It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it.

— Judith Guest

“Everything seems excessive, now, and too intense, too important.”

— Judith Guest

Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and mind, to each other, how did we…

— Judith Guest

...Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling...People who keep stiff upper lips…

— Judith Guest

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.

— Judith Guest

And do not be paralyzed. It is better to move than to be unable to move, because you fear loss so much:…

— Judith Guest

The 'creator' and the 'editor' - two halves of the writer whole - should sleep in separate rooms.

— Judith Guest

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other…

— Judith Guest

Life is not a series of pathetic, meaningles actions. Some of them are so far from pathetic, so far from meaningless as…

— Judith Guest

. . . crazy world or maybe it's just the view we have of it, looking through a crack in the door,…

— Judith Guest

It's always obvious to me when someone is looking at me with an idea of who I am and hoping that that's…

— Judith Guest

Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain…

— Judith Guest

...let the emotional weight of a scene rest on the dialogue wherever possible. This is the easy way to avoid overinterpretation, which…

— Judith Guest

I'm glad I'm successful at it, because it's allowed me to live very well financially, and give my kids a lot of…

— Judith Guest

“Eyes closed a knee in his back hand at his neck forcing his face into the floor of the elevator rough under…

— Judith Guest

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

— Judith Guest

“It has always been easier to believe himself capable of evil than to accept evil in others.”

— Judith Guest

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

— Judith Guest

Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.

— Judith Guest

Don't put anyone out of your heart, there's room for all.

— Judith Guest

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

— Judith Guest

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

— Judith Guest

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work…

— Judith Guest

You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to…

— Judith Guest

“I keep telling you that feeling is not selective. You can't feel pain, you aren't gonna feel anything else either.”

— Judith Guest

“She hands him his coffee; crosses to the doorway; motes of dust flutter nervously in her wake.”

— Judith Guest

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief…

— Judith Guest

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s…

— Judith Guest

Haven't lost your sense of humor after all but your sense of identity is what seems to have been misplaced. No. Wrong.…

— Judith Guest