Charm Quote by Elinor Lipman Download Open image “My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.” — Elinor Lipman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Charm Esteem I can Low self esteem Lows Narrators School Self Self esteem
People often tell me, "You write such great women." I don't think about it, I just write characters as rigorously and as truthfully as… — Donald Margulies Copy Share Image
Show me a novelist – or, indeed, a reader – who wasn’t a socially awkward, self-conscious adolescent, prone to clumsiness and excessive reading and… — Charlotte Mendelson Copy Share Image
I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“I have tried to be a generous narrator and care for my girl as best I can. I cannot help that readers will always… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them. — Mike White Copy Share Image
“The dilemma for women who love to write may not have so much to do with finding the elusive literary voice, as with being reluctant to use the one that's already lurking inside, just waiting for the chance to speak up. Many of us, especiall,y those from the generations taught to be good, accommodating girls, are afraid of sounding too… — Nava Atlas Copy Share
I like portraying women of character in my books. Women who exhibit loyalty and courage. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls. — L. J. Smith Copy Share Image
Long before I started to write in earnest, Lorrie Moore taught me you could have a woman narrator who was funny and complex and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Often, I'll read a script and the female character's an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character's narrative… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of charisma, plus women are forgiving and they can be charmed. — Ralphie May Copy Share Image
“That's how it was on Irving Circle and how I was raised: You made the best out of what was within reach, which meant… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball,… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping. — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
Five hundred words a day is what I aim for. And I don't go on to the next chapter until I've polished and polished… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station. — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
“There is an old Jewish story, an ordinary Jewish joke. A father was teaching his little son to be less afraid and have more… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
I watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts. — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You cannot charm, or interest, or please By harping in that… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
I'm an old school guy and love the guys in the monster suits and JAWS; even though everyone makes fun of the shark I… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
Every woman has the instinct, the propensity to profit from her charms, and there's a lot to be said for giving oneself without love,… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
I don't know that I'm a free spirit or anything like that. I just have my own way of doing things. That's the charm… — Dave Schultz Copy Share Image
In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“It's a part of life. You never know what you are going to get; you just have to be strong enough to deal with… — Melissa Hill Copy Share Image
Even after marrying Mallika, I feel that I am her boyfriend. In fact, I believe this feeling enhances the charm and fun of the… — Zayed Khan Copy Share Image
Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
“Never trust charm, it's the most powerful weapon in the devil's armory.” — Anthony Gilbert Copy Share Image
