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> [The advice I give is , "Don't think of your career as a plan or blueprint. Think of it as growing toward the most light. Keep your eyes open about where the best experiences are happening." Everyone wants to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/the-advice-i-give-is-don-t-think-of-your-career-as-a-plan-or/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

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## More by Debra Monroe

> [Memoirs are going to be problematic sells for a while, though, because even if memoir means "based in memory," right now, in the collective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/memoirs-are-going-to-be-problematic-sells-for-a-while-though-because/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [I started writing nonfiction because nonfiction is well-suited to subjects that, if you wrote them as fiction, people would say, "I don't believe this.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/i-started-writing-nonfiction-because-nonfiction-is-well-suited-to/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [Historians will look back on this era and how the Internet changed what we value, what we consider art, the way we think, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/historians-will-look-back-on-this-era-and-how-the-internet-changed/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [The advice I give is , "Don't think of your career as a plan or blueprint. Think of it as growing toward the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/the-advice-i-give-is-don-t-think-of-your-career-as-a-plan-or/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [I don't know a lot of writers, even writers who have been on the bestseller list for a few weeks, or writers who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/i-don-t-know-a-lot-of-writers-even-writers-who-have-been-on-the/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/grading-creative-writing-is-always-an-ethical-dilemma-but-what-you/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [I know a few women younger than me who have careers and children, and so the burgeoning career and family happen at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/i-know-a-few-women-younger-than-me-who-have-careers-and-children-and/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [Yet one new trend I do like coming from mainstream publishers right now is memoirs tied to research that explores the narrator's dilemma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/yet-one-new-trend-i-do-like-coming-from-mainstream-publishers-right/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [I guess the biggest difference between me and many of today's female graduate students is that a lot of them were raised by mothers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/i-guess-the-biggest-difference-between-me-and-many-of-today-s-female/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

> [There's still sexism in the world, so there's still sexism in publishing and in graduate school. But it is different. Now, it's more coded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-monroe/there-s-still-sexism-in-the-world-so-there-s-still-sexism-in/)

[Debra Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-monroe/)

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