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> [I don't think that if I had spent the time that I was in, say, Belgrade, writing about my time in Trieste, which is where I had just been, that would have been productive. I told myself: take extensive notes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-don-t-think-that-if-i-had-spent-the-time-that-i-was-in-say-belgrade/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

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## More by Jessa Crispin

> [I believe in free will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-believe-in-free-will/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/you-don-t-have-to-go-to-new-york-and-you-don-t-have-to-go-to-la-or/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [Feminism now seems to be defined as success is defined: as being as good at capitalism as men are. I feel very estranged from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/feminism-now-seems-to-be-defined-as-success-is-defined-as-being-as/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [I would never tell anybody to get a divorce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-would-never-tell-anybody-to-get-a-divorce/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [Women still get angry at me. I mean, men go after me sometimes, but most of the bad responses come from women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/women-still-get-angry-at-me-i-mean-men-go-after-me-sometimes-but-most/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [I mean, many times your creative problem is accidentally your personal problem, but it's not quite the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-mean-many-times-your-creative-problem-is-accidentally-your-personal/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [Most of what I do is for creative people - writers and painters and photographers - trying to work through creative problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/most-of-what-i-do-is-for-creative-people-writers-and-painters-and/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [I knew my motivations for going to each place and what I was looking for. If I don't do that then I generally don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-knew-my-motivations-for-going-to-each-place-and-what-i-was-looking/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [I have a really good life and I really like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-have-a-really-good-life-and-i-really-like-it/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/once-you-leave-you-re-no-longer-of-that-country-but-you-are-never/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [Just send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/just-send-the-emails-and-talk-to-people-spend-all-your-money-on-nail/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [I wish other people would write about loneliness more. It's hard to remember that it's not personal. We live in a world that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-wish-other-people-would-write-about-loneliness-more-it-s-hard-to/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [I don't tell clients what to do. I don't even really tell them what the future is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/i-don-t-tell-clients-what-to-do-i-don-t-even-really-tell-them-what/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [My belief that the publishing industry is run by prigs and cowards dates back to many years before I even had the idea for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/my-belief-that-the-publishing-industry-is-run-by-prigs-and-cowards/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

> [“There are advantages to being labeled the victim. You are listened to, paid attention to. Sympathy is bestowed upon you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-crispin/there-are-advantages-to-being-labeled-the-victim-you-are-listened-to/)

[Jessa Crispin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-crispin/)

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