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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
Fall Kind Deeds Long
The older a woman gets, the more invisible you become.
Invisible
Most of my life is just spent lying in bed. I mean, it's enough pressure to write the words. Do I need to use the additional energy exerted by sitting up?
Lying Mean Writing
Why would I want to read something about somebody that's just a really nice, decent person who overcomes terrible trials? That's not how life is to me.
Nice Overcoming Trials
In my writing I wanted to be liked for writing really unlikeable stuff. There were books that people, particularly women, hated so much. They said, "I threw it against the wall!" Which, in my opinion, was a compliment. Because it's very hard to get somebody to throw something.
Book Wall Writing
I feel like I sort of missed the eighties. At the time, we didn’t know we were having fun, which is probably the way it always is.
Feels Fun Way
I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I was there to receive it.
Body Clients Giving
On bad days, I think I'd like to be a plastic surgeon who goes to Third World countries and operates on children in villages with airlifts, and then I think, 'Yeah, right, I'm going to go back to undergraduate school and take all the biology I missed and then go to medical school.' No. No.
Bad Day Children Country
The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.
Firsts Novel Revision
With publicity comes humiliation.
Humiliation Publicity
Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.
Book Harder Wells
I think the sixties must have been quite a lot of fun.
Fun Has Beens Thinking
Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.
Jazz Snaps Voice
If you want to write about a person who isn't nice, people say, "This is a bad book. It's about somebody I couldn't stand." But that's not the point. You don't have to like a character to like a book. Most of the time, people would misjudge and say, "I didn't like the book." No, you didn't like the character. That doesn't make it any less interesting of a book. In fact, to me, it makes it more interesting.
Book Nice Writing
I think powerful women don't care whether or not they're liked.
Care Powerful Thinking
I'm writing what I want to write. But it's almost an act of rebellion on my part. Because as a person, I've always wanted to be very likeable, and I think that's a horrible thing, particularly for women. You're always like, "Oh, I hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings. I hope they like me!" And that's just so stupid.
Hurt Stupid Writing
Whether you're acting or you're writing, your skin is just basically ripped off and you're putting yourself out there. At least the acting part comes with a bit more social interaction. And you're a bit less isolated because you are working with the director and the crew, and there's a general camaraderie. Writing, you're totally isolated. You're just trying to get the words on paper.
Acting Skins Writing
Fame is really great in a lot of ways, you know? People are a lot nicer to you. Like, the more famous you are, the more free presents you get. And invitations to really amazing things.
Fame People Way
I think in a lot of ways, writing, when you're really in there, is like being an actress because you're in somebody else's head.
Thinking Way Writing
I think it's more difficult writing what it's like to be a child. You can pretend you know what it's like, but you don't really know. The only parts I can remember is that the adults were like, "Aren't they cute?" But when you're little you're looking at the other kids like they're your colleagues. They're not like, "Oh, we're all cute little kids." They're more like your office acquaintances. It's very hard to grasp the memories of what it actually was like to be a kid.
Children Cute Memories
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