Driven Quote by Marge Piercy Download Open image “I am a driven writer. I feel guilty if I don't write, not self-indulgent if I do.” — Marge Piercy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Driven Feels Guilty Ifs Motivation Self Self indulgent Writing
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I just feel like myself when I'm writing. If I don't do it, I get depressed. — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
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The anger of the weak never goes away, Professor, it just gets a little moldy. It molds like a beautiful blue cheese in the… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
“The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Every poet has a certain amount of "stuff." That's what you draw from for imagery. The more stuff you know well, not simply intellectually… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
We must shine with hope, stained glass windows that shape light into icons, glow like lanterns borne before a procession. Who can bear hope… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved son she wasn't. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
We live in a media soup and are constantly being programmed or are fighting that programming. Thus any truthful account of a life, every… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
The moon is always female and so am I although often in the vale of razorblades I have wished I could put on and… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Sometimes when a character in a novel is difficult for me to enter, I sue something in myself or in my own life as… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
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Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence by courage and patience. — Hyman Rickover Copy Share Image
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I've always liked game shows - the competitive aspect and the character-driven personalities you see. — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
I've always believed that the desire must come from within, not as a result of being driven by coaches or parents. — Dawn Fraser Copy Share Image
When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded. — Alexander Suvorov Copy Share Image
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