Unhappy Childhood Quotes
- They say that to be a writer you must first have an unhappy childhood. I don't know if unhappiness is necessary, but I think maybe… — Cynthia Rylant
- Arthuriana has become a genre in itself, more like TV soap opera where people think they know the characters. All that's fair enough, but it… — Michael Moorcock
- You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just… — Emma Donoghue
- I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional… — Thornton Wilder
- (An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance… — Rudyard Kipling
- Mice: What is the best early training for a writer? Y.C.: An unhappy childhood. — Ernest Hemingway
- Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood. — Gertrude Stein