In the park I met other women and I started to get interested in their lives. I developed a lot of pressure… — Grace Paley Children Copy Share Image
“You write from what you know but you write into what you don't know.” — Grace Paley Writing Copy Share Image
I might write four lines or I might write twenty. I subtract and I add until I really hit something I want… — Grace Paley Add Copy Share Image
I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses. — Grace Paley Believe Copy Share Image
That's the trouble with stories. People start out fantastic. You think they're extraordinary, but it turns out as the work goes along,… — Grace Paley Along Copy Share Image
Sometimes before people know what they're saying, they already love the language. — Grace Paley Knows Copy Share Image
“I unknot his tie and offer him a cold sandwich. He raps my backside, paying attention to the bounce. I walk around… — Grace Paley Paying Attention Copy Share Image
I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political… — Grace Paley Periods Copy Share Image
Just when I most needed important conversation, a sniff of the man-wide world, that is, at least one brainy companion who could… — Grace Paley Children Copy Share Image
“In a way he was lucky. He was a member of a generation that thought it was a good, even joyous, political… — Grace Paley Generation Copy Share Image
