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Julia Glass Quotes

I was ridiculed in public school for being smart. A teacher’s pet Picture Quote #1

I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the ways people choose to communicate. If I had a theme song, it would be that lovely song ‘I’m Old-Fashioned,’ as sung by Ella Fitzgerald Picture Quote #1

My own life is wonderful, but if I had to live the life of someone else, I’d gladly choose that of Julia Child or Dr. Seuss: two outrageously original people, each of whom fashioned an idiosyncratic wisdom, passion for life, and sense of humor into an art form that anyone and everyone could savor Picture Quote #1

My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of ‘War and Peace’ - and must be gently disabused. My editor is brilliant at taking me to the point where I do all the necessary cutting on my own. I like to say she’s a midwife rather than a surgeon Picture Quote #1

That’s why you can’t be a true Yankee without winter: because all the best pleasures are earned - the fire, the fried oysters; the warmer seasons, too. Who knows the real worth of summer at the beach without a good taste of the seaside in winter? Picture Quote #1

I read reviews and consider myself pretty ‘plugged in’ to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love best about book-touring is the opportunity to compare notes with favorite booksellers around the country. I always come home with books by authors I’d never heard of - or books I’ve read about but didn’t realize I might love Picture Quote #1

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Chemotherapy can be a long, tough haul - for me, it went on for six months - and the best doctors and nurses become, if only for that period of time, as essential in your life as friends or spouses Picture Quote #1

If I’m lucky enough to see the day when my sons are living independently, maybe with families of their own, I’ll still be wondering how I can be a better mother and worrying about the things I overlooked back when they lived under my roof Picture Quote #1

I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn’t overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book Picture Quote #1

I love to eat, I love to feed people, and I’m a great cook. I joked with my friends that I wanted to write a book where desserts had to be extensively researched, since I have a terrible sweet tooth. My particular downfall is cake Picture Quote #1

A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a logical creation, dissects and dignifies reality. Fiction, wholly extravagant, magnifies it and gives it moral shape. Fiction has no practical purpose. Fiction, after all, is art Picture Quote #1

I see life as increasingly complex, vivid, colorful, crazy, chaotic. That’s the world I write about... the world I live in Picture Quote #1

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Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books Picture Quote #1

Thanks to Granna, Werner and Walter had grown up to be highly functioning, productive citizens - but if you were to ask Walter, Werner had a far easier time of it and lived his life with the sanctified nonchalance of those who will do anything to avoid dissecting their souls Picture Quote #1

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing Picture Quote #1

As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real Picture Quote #1

I wonder if it’s in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as ‘real,’ since we are always making stuff up! Picture Quote #1

In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters’ lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles to their dreams... all arrive unbidden when I’m getting cash at the ATM, walking my son to camp, singing a hymn at a wedding Picture Quote #1

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When I give myself over to a good novel, I surrender to the truths fashioned from one writer’s heart, mind and soul. I do not waste a nanosecond wondering whether what I’m reading ‘really happened.’ Picture Quote #1

I’m not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I’d spend ten hours a week writing. The writing is going on all the time in my head; the trick is to capture it. Showers are great. Traffic jams are great Picture Quote #1

Visual art is a foreign language I’m fluent at, but my native language is language Picture Quote #1

I write because I’m in love with language; because I like working for myself, inside my head; and because it’s the only way I know to make a stab at answering the never-ending questions of the heart that arise simply from the everyday living of our lives Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a home where animals were ever-present and often dominated our lives. There were always horses, dogs, and cats, as well as a revolving infirmary of injured wildlife being nursed by my sister the aspiring vet Picture Quote #1

Though I didn’t quite plan it that way, I had my two sons at just about the same ages my mother saw me and my sister off to college, and my first novel was published when I was 46. This ‘tardiness’ isn’t something I’m proud of, but I’m happy to be an inspiration to others who arrive at these milestones later than most of us do Picture Quote #1

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My readers often tell me that what they admire about my books is my ability to write from so many points of view. My challenge to myself is whether I’ll ever be able to write a novel just from one point of view. It seems impossible Picture Quote #1

Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say that I had a few extraordinary English teachers in high school whom I still credit for their guidance Picture Quote #1

And then there’s the personal question so many of Lassie’s fans want to ask: Is he allowed on the furniture? Of course he is-but, then, he’s the one who paid for it Picture Quote #1

Mind who you love. For that matter, mind how you are loved Picture Quote #1

Now is almost always the better choice. You never know about later Picture Quote #1

But things change, of course, and so do the ways in which people see themselves Picture Quote #1

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I was ridiculed in public school for being smart. A teacher’s pet. (Julia Glass Quotes) I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the ways people choose to communicate. If I had a theme song, it would be that lovely song ‘I’m Old-Fashioned,’ as sung by Ella Fitzgerald. (Julia Glass Quotes) My own life is wonderful, but if I had to live the life of someone else, I’d gladly choose that of Julia Child or Dr. Seuss: two outrageously original people, each of whom fashioned an idiosyncratic wisdom, passion for life, and sense of humor into an art form that anyone and everyone could savor. (Julia Glass Quotes) My first draft is always way too long; my books start out with delusions of ‘War and Peace’ - and must be gently disabused. My editor is brilliant at taking me to the point where I do all the necessary cutting on my own. I like to say she’s a midwife rather than a surgeon. (Julia Glass Quotes) That’s why you can’t be a true Yankee without winter: because all the best pleasures are earned - the fire, the fried oysters; the warmer seasons, too. Who knows the real worth of summer at the beach without a good taste of the seaside in winter? (Julia Glass Quotes) I read reviews and consider myself pretty ‘plugged in’ to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love best about book-touring is the opportunity to compare notes with favorite booksellers around the country. I always come home with books by authors I’d never heard of - or books I’ve read about but didn’t realize I might love. (Julia Glass Quotes) Chemotherapy can be a long, tough haul - for me, it went on for six months - and the best doctors and nurses become, if only for that period of time, as essential in your life as friends or spouses. (Julia Glass Quotes) If I’m lucky enough to see the day when my sons are living independently, maybe with families of their own, I’ll still be wondering how I can be a better mother and worrying about the things I overlooked back when they lived under my roof. (Julia Glass Quotes) I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn’t overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book. (Julia Glass Quotes) I love to eat, I love to feed people, and I’m a great cook. I joked with my friends that I wanted to write a book where desserts had to be extensively researched, since I have a terrible sweet tooth. My particular downfall is cake. (Julia Glass Quotes) A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a logical creation, dissects and dignifies reality. Fiction, wholly extravagant, magnifies it and gives it moral shape. Fiction has no practical purpose. Fiction, after all, is art. (Julia Glass Quotes) I see life as increasingly complex, vivid, colorful, crazy, chaotic. That’s the world I write about... the world I live in. (Julia Glass Quotes) Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books. (Julia Glass Quotes) Thanks to Granna, Werner and Walter had grown up to be highly functioning, productive citizens - but if you were to ask Walter, Werner had a far easier time of it and lived his life with the sanctified nonchalance of those who will do anything to avoid dissecting their souls. (Julia Glass Quotes) I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. (Julia Glass Quotes) As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real. (Julia Glass Quotes) I wonder if it’s in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as ‘real,’ since we are always making stuff up! (Julia Glass Quotes) In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters’ lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles to their dreams... all arrive unbidden when I’m getting cash at the ATM, walking my son to camp, singing a hymn at a wedding. (Julia Glass Quotes) When I give myself over to a good novel, I surrender to the truths fashioned from one writer’s heart, mind and soul. I do not waste a nanosecond wondering whether what I’m reading ‘really happened.’ (Julia Glass Quotes) I’m not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I’d spend ten hours a week writing. The writing is going on all the time in my head; the trick is to capture it. Showers are great. Traffic jams are great. (Julia Glass Quotes) Visual art is a foreign language I’m fluent at, but my native language is language (Julia Glass Quotes) I write because I’m in love with language; because I like working for myself, inside my head; and because it’s the only way I know to make a stab at answering the never-ending questions of the heart that arise simply from the everyday living of our lives. (Julia Glass Quotes) I grew up in a home where animals were ever-present and often dominated our lives. There were always horses, dogs, and cats, as well as a revolving infirmary of injured wildlife being nursed by my sister the aspiring vet. (Julia Glass Quotes) Though I didn’t quite plan it that way, I had my two sons at just about the same ages my mother saw me and my sister off to college, and my first novel was published when I was 46. This ‘tardiness’ isn’t something I’m proud of, but I’m happy to be an inspiration to others who arrive at these milestones later than most of us do. (Julia Glass Quotes) My readers often tell me that what they admire about my books is my ability to write from so many points of view. My challenge to myself is whether I’ll ever be able to write a novel just from one point of view. It seems impossible (Julia Glass Quotes) Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say that I had a few extraordinary English teachers in high school whom I still credit for their guidance (Julia Glass Quotes) And then there’s the personal question so many of Lassie’s fans want to ask: Is he allowed on the furniture? Of course he is-but, then, he’s the one who paid for it (Julia Glass Quotes) Mind who you love. For that matter, mind how you are loved (Julia Glass Quotes) Now is almost always the better choice. You never know about later (Julia Glass Quotes) But things change, of course, and so do the ways in which people see themselves (Julia Glass Quotes)

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