Better man Quote by Tillie Olsen

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

— Tillie Olsen

“Mazie sits with a sense of non-being over her – of it being someone other than she sitting there timeless, suspended in a dusky…

— Tillie Olsen

I don't want to die leaving the world as it is right now.

— Tillie Olsen

Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could of this…

— Tillie Olsen

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

— Tillie Olsen

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

— Tillie Olsen

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

— Tillie Olsen

“She kept too much in herself. Her life was such that she had to keep too much in herself. My wisdom came too late.…

— Tillie Olsen

Think about all that we've lost that has been said orally because nobody was taking it down. I feel very fortunate to live in…

— Tillie Olsen

There are worse words than cuss-words, there are words that hurt.

— Tillie Olsen

Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in our medium,…

— Tillie Olsen

Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

— Tillie Olsen