I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life. — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
“Stories are how we make sense of our lives. To tell a story is to own it: to own the narrative thread to own… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
“I love this idea," Bruno says. "Of being broken but finding pleasure in it.” — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
“My truth she'd said to him. What the hell is truth anyway Two separate questions yes. But not wholly unrelated. For truth no matter… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness,… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
I have an Emmy, but it's no big deal: work in TV news long enough, you eventually get one. — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
“Because that was the problem, really, wasn’t it, with being human? You couldn’t just be, couldn’t just live and exist without dragging your feet… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
“Female readers, on the other hand, were unmoved by the book, one of them going so far as to give it the ultimate insult… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
“If I've learned anything in the twenty-five years that have transpired between graduation and today it is this: I am stronger than I thought… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
