She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her stories, she could escape the parts of life she didn't like, embroider the parts she did and thus control the life she had.

Quote by Dudley Clendinen

Topics: Life Quotes, Writing Quotes

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to...

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to...

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to...

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to...

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through...

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through...

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all...

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through...

The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of...

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of...

The warrior's approach is to say yes to life: yea to it all.

The warrior's approach is to say yes to life: yea to it all.

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with...

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with...

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising...

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising...