“...wear a hat and some old lady shoes, and you can do whatever you want.” — Elizabeth Berg Aging Copy Share Image
For me as a writer, it's so joyful to know that someone hears and responds to what I write. — Elizabeth Berg Joyful Copy Share Image
I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy. — Elizabeth Berg Empathy Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a novel, most of the time it starts with barest slip of an idea. — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“I just don't know anymore. God! I'm in a bad mood! It's like walking around in an itchy coat.” — Elizabeth Berg Bad mood Copy Share Image
When you've written long enough, you see that there's a common theme in your work. — Elizabeth Berg Enough Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the less I know about what I'm doing, the better the work is. — Elizabeth Berg About Copy Share Image
“When you take the small roads you see the life that goes on there, and this makes your own life larger.” — Elizabeth Berg Appreciation Copy Share Image
Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections. — Elizabeth Berg Connections Copy Share Image
“Every day, Helen thought, so many people tap the bull on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me. I'm just going to grab… — Elizabeth Berg Bull Copy Share Image
We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“...what John likes best are the small and undramatic moments that make for a kind of easy comfort, for a feeling of… — Elizabeth Berg Moments Copy Share Image
When you have that deep kind of hunger that is part longing, what's better to eat than the best apple pie? Or… — Elizabeth Berg Apple pie Copy Share Image
Nurses don't get paid very much. It didn't take long to realize that I could make more as a writer. I loved… — Elizabeth Berg Could Copy Share Image
“I should have said “powder room.” That would evoke the image of me sitting before a beautiful gold mirror, a vase of… — Elizabeth Berg Powder Room Copy Share Image
“I like to do things in bed. I fold the laundry on the bed. Food tastes better to me when I'm under… — Elizabeth Berg Bed Copy Share Image
“Oh, why isn’t there a Community Center for People Who Need a Little Something? If people would only tell the truth about… — Elizabeth Berg Truth Copy Share Image
“Hey. Know what happened to me today?" He sits back and crosses his arms, smiles. "No. What happened to you today?" "Well,… — Elizabeth Berg Better now Copy Share Image
I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was… — Elizabeth Berg Absent Copy Share Image
The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows… — Elizabeth Berg Black Copy Share Image
Well, most women are full to the brim, that's all...We are, most of us, ready to explode, especially when our children are… — Elizabeth Berg Attention Copy Share Image
“I decided in high school that I wasn't going to get married too soon. I'd forgotten that you can also wait too… — Elizabeth Berg High school Copy Share Image
“I was downstairs, reading." " Now?" I strained to see her face. She was smiling, it appeared. "Yes, now," she said. "It's… — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
Outside, the rain sometimes comes down so hard, we have to talk louder, and it feels like a miracle that the roof… — Elizabeth Berg Choices Copy Share Image
“For all that we might be, if only we'd let ourselves.” — Elizabeth Berg World war two Copy Share Image
