I rewrite a great deal. I'm always fiddling, always changing something. I'll write a few words - then I'll change them. I… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Everyone who deals with teens seems to agree that the most important and toughest job is staying in connection and conversation ...… — Ellen Goodman Adolescence Copy Share Image
The truth is that we can overhaul our surroundings, renovate our environment, talk a new game, join a new club, far more… — Ellen Goodman Behavior Copy Share Image
Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty… — Ellen Goodman Ambivalence Copy Share Image
It is, I suppose, the business of grandparents to create memories and the relative of memories: traditions. We want to lodge moments,… — Ellen Goodman Business Copy Share Image
There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship… — Ellen Goodman Dreams Copy Share Image
The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant.… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those… — Ellen Goodman Adults Copy Share Image
I think that having a job in journalism, despite all of the changes, is still a fantastic way to be - make… — Ellen Goodman Chance Copy Share Image
“..what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales… — Ellen Goodman Family Copy Share Image
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many… — Ellen Goodman Chemistry Copy Share Image
We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out… — Ellen Goodman Abstract Copy Share Image
I don't know exactly why the notion of homeownership has such a grasp on the American imagination. Perhaps as descendants of landless… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Without even knowing it, we are assaulted by a high note of urgency all the time. We end up pacing ourselves to… — Ellen Goodman Ability Copy Share Image
I would like to say we're at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let's just say that global warming… — Ellen Goodman Climate Copy Share Image
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more… — Ellen Goodman Change Copy Share Image
The great myth of our work-intense era is 'quality time.' We believe we can make up for the loss of days or… — Ellen Goodman Attention Copy Share Image
