I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world. — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
There is cruelty in divorce. There is cruelty in forced or unfortunate marriage. We will continue to cry at weddings because we know how… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
“I carried with me into the West End Bar, the White Horse Tavern, a long list of things I would never do: I would… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And very often… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
When I grew up, you needed to have straight hair. It's symbolic of needing to be like everyone else, needing to look like everyone… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
Most of us don't have mothers who blazed a trail for us--at least, not all the way. Coming of age before or during the… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
I think that certainly the artists of the '40s, '50s and '60s were fighting a very conformist society, which didn't give them enough space… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
I would prefer you not to say, "That was the most terribly written piece I've ever read." That would hurt me. But you don't… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
My mother had died when I wrote my first book. I was twenty-seven, so it was right at the beginning of my writing life.… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
I have always been fascinated by the human mind, conscious and unconscious - that is what writing and reading is about, too. The why… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two,… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around. — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above. — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
Our mythology tells us so much about fathers and sons. ... What do we know about mothers and daughters? ... Our power is so… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share
