"I used to envy people who had written……" — Joan Juliet Buck
"I used to envy people who had written books, the way I think women envy other women who've had babies. I was resentful, shy, and inhibited around people who had written books. They'd done things I wanted to do."
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17 Quotes by Joan Juliet Buck
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With short hair you begin to crave pearl necklaces, long earrings, and a variety of sunglasses. Short hair removes obvious…
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Paris is the only place where I feel that I lead a life that I can call my own.
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I'd like to live in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles all at the same time.
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The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it…
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I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think…
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I always find myself loathing what I've just been before - the person who was living in the apartment that…
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I only envy as basic old sexual jealousy.
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To me, falling in love is the first step in losing my confidence. If I'm in love with somebody, I…
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I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the…
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I'm scared that if I collaborated on something with somebody, I would be in some way losing my own contact…
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Practically everything I did as an experiment while I was working on the book made me feel cold, angry, and…
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When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.
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