Grace Paley
My family were Russian Jews. They got you to read as soon as you could. And then assumed you would read a lot. People didn't really tell stories but they were good talkers. That's important for a writer, to hear speakers.Collection: People
If I miss anything, it's being able to hang out in the city of New York meeting people and talking to them on the corner.Collection: New York
The women's movement was coming, but I didn't know it in 1956-1957, when I began to write.Collection: Writing
My mother went to demonstrations. I remember her going to a big demonstration for Earl Brower and she came home crying and said the Communists were very mean and booed their people. I remember feeling sad at her feeling sad.Collection: Mother
Paul Goodman was not ahead of his time but IN his time.Collection: Goodman
Write from what you know into what you don't know.Collection: Writing
No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock.Collection: Jobs
It's a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.Collection: Young