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> [As soon as I accepted that I am this kind of writer and I happen to live here, and stopped going to meetings and stopped beating myself up because I wasn't making a ton of money writing for some stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/as-soon-as-i-accepted-that-i-am-this-kind-of-writer-and-i-happen-to/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

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## More by Meghan Daum

> [I've always been a late bloomer in some ways, and extremely precocious in other ways. When I was twenty I was living in New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-ve-always-been-a-late-bloomer-in-some-ways-and-extremely-precocious/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [The greatest sex toy ever invented may be the telephone. Sometimes there's nothing more erotic than a disembodied voice, no question more tantalizing than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/the-greatest-sex-toy-ever-invented-may-be-the-telephone-sometimes/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [A lot of the reason I left New York, in addition to being so broke, was that I just felt I was becoming provincial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/a-lot-of-the-reason-i-left-new-york-in-addition-to-being-so-broke-was/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [I don't keep a diary or a journal. Sometimes I'll send emails to friends and that's a way of recording what I was thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-don-t-keep-a-diary-or-a-journal-sometimes-i-ll-send-emails-to/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [I grew up in a town where there were no adults over forty who weren't somebody's parents. It was, unfortunately, the kind of town…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-grew-up-in-a-town-where-there-were-no-adults-over-forty-who-weren-t/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [I mean, being provincial is a privilege in a way. Also people in New York think everybody interacts because they all take the subway.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-mean-being-provincial-is-a-privilege-in-a-way-also-people-in-new/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [I just am a person who loves houses. In a way, it's dovetailed into one of the themes of The Unspeakable: Why do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-just-am-a-person-who-loves-houses-in-a-way-it-s-dovetailed-into-one/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [For me, one of the reasons I love this form - the personal essay form - is because it's a way of forming an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/for-me-one-of-the-reasons-i-love-this-form-the-personal-essay-form-is/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [New York is such a special place. It's really intense for people because they live here when they're young. On top of the energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/new-york-is-such-a-special-place-it-s-really-intense-for-people/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporary is wise and funny and as righteously indignant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/evan-handler-is-not-only-a-fine-actor-he-s-a-damn-good-writer-it-s/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-feel-that-i-m-an-essayist-and-that-my-best-work-gets-done-in-that/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [Maybe learning how to be out in the big world isn't the epic journey everyone thinks it is. Maybe that's actually the easy part.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/maybe-learning-how-to-be-out-in-the-big-world-isn-t-the-epic-journey/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [I don't understand why it's more socially acceptable to say that you are a shallow person than to just say this is not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-don-t-understand-why-it-s-more-socially-acceptable-to-say-that-you/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [As soon as I accepted that I am this kind of writer and I happen to live here, and stopped going to meetings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/as-soon-as-i-accepted-that-i-am-this-kind-of-writer-and-i-happen-to/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

> [There may well be a few extremists out there somewhere calling for a militant, women-only utopia, but why should this be the definition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/there-may-well-be-a-few-extremists-out-there-somewhere-calling-for-a/)

[Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/)

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