Books Quote by Lily Koppel

I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories.

— Lily Koppel

There is something so hopeful about a diary, a journal, a new notebook, which Joan Didion and Virginia Woolf both wrote about. A blog.…

— Lily Koppel

Americans are obsessed with wild, outlandish things. Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse, and Michael Jackson are all wild, outlandish things.

— Lily Koppel

Apollo 11 was the movie premiere of moon landings, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Neil was a bit of a mystic, but also…

— Lily Koppel

“Manhattan was kaleidoscopic. Cubist. Just when she was feeling one way, the seasons changed, and so did she.”

— Lily Koppel

I think Americans today look at the moon and think of it like apple pie or Coca-Cola. It's American. We planted our flag there.…

— Lily Koppel

I'm not a space writer, obviously, but I had bought this big photo book of the moon landing. You just get attached to certain…

— Lily Koppel

I've met a lot of the astronauts, which was such an incredible experience. They're all very macho guys, like fighter pilots, but then there's…

— Lily Koppel

In our era of celebrity, where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that…

— Lily Koppel

We've all heard about space and landing on the moon, but somehow it's a very tom-boyish adventure. It's planting the flag on the moon…

— Lily Koppel

“Royal Young’s memoir is about a dreamer, set in the post- apocalyptic celebrity world of today, and Young, who grew up in New York…

— Lily Koppel

“How I love - writing, acting, breathing the atmosphere- and one day I'll have it. If I cannot write, I shall die.”

— Lily Koppel