Seeking help Quotes by Marguerite Young

I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a…

— Marguerite Young

I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time…

— Marguerite Young

I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I…

— Marguerite Young

“Once when Newton was away from his astronomical laboratory, he had returned to find that his little poodle dog Diamond had torn into shreds…

— Marguerite Young

If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived…

— Marguerite Young

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I…

— Marguerite Young

I try to teach my students style, but always as a part of life, not as ornament. Style has to come out of communicating…

— Marguerite Young

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

— Marguerite Young

I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.

— Marguerite Young

I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.

— Marguerite Young

The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.

— Marguerite Young

“The bus-driver was whistling, perhaps in anticipation of his wife, who would be a woman with ample breasts, those of a realized maturity. It…

— Marguerite Young