--- title: "3 Marion Roach Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "American writer... | Marion Roach Smith is a non-fiction author and a former staff member of The New York Times who advocates \"the power of the personal..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/marion-roach-83569_adventure_all-the-action-adventure-girls-have-red_352341.jpg" --- # Marion Roach (1956) Writer **3** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Marion Roach is a writer. ## Quick Facts About Marion Roach Born March 31, 1956 Profession Writer ## About Marion Roach American writer... \| Marion Roach Smith is a non-fiction author and a former staff member of The New York Times who advocates "the power of the personal narrative". ## Quotes by Marion Roach > [“All the action adventure girls have red hair," he said. "Whenever it is an independent girl, not a sidekick person, when she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-roach/all-the-action-adventure-girls-have-red-hair-he-said-whenever-it-is/) [Marion Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-roach/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/marion-roach-83569_adventure_all-the-action-adventure-girls-have-red_352341.jpg) > [“On Satan the color red is one thing; on women, it is altogether another”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-roach/on-satan-the-color-red-is-one-thing-on-women-it-is-altogether-another/) [Marion Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-roach/) [Color red](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color-red/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/marion-roach-83569_color-red_on-satan-the-color-red-is-one-thing-on-w_2548988.jpg) > [“This is because I define myself in part by my color. And I know it is the proverbial slippery slope: That there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-roach/this-is-because-i-define-myself-in-part-by-my-color-and-i-know-it-is/) [Marion Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-roach/) [Identity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/identity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/marion-roach-83569_identity_this-is-because-i-define-myself-in-part_2877638.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-roach/#itemlist", "name": "Marion Roach Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All the action adventure girls have red hair,\" he said. \"Whenever it is an independent girl, not a sidekick person, when she has her own mind or does as good as the guys, she has red hair.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marion Roach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-roach/all-the-action-adventure-girls-have-red-hair-he-said-whenever-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/marion-roach-83569_adventure_all-the-action-adventure-girls-have-red_352341.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/marion-roach-83569_adventure_all-the-action-adventure-girls-have-red_352341.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/marion-roach-83569_adventure_all-the-action-adventure-girls-have-red_352341.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the action adventure girls have red hair,\" he said. \"Whenever it is an independent girl, not a sidekick…” — Marion Roach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On Satan the color red is one thing; on women, it is altogether another”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marion Roach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-roach/on-satan-the-color-red-is-one-thing-on-women-it-is-altogether-another/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/marion-roach-83569_color-red_on-satan-the-color-red-is-one-thing-on-w_2548988.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/marion-roach-83569_color-red_on-satan-the-color-red-is-one-thing-on-w_2548988.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/marion-roach-83569_color-red_on-satan-the-color-red-is-one-thing-on-w_2548988.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On Satan the color red is one thing; on women, it is altogether another” — Marion Roach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is because I define myself in part by my color. 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