I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world. Anne Roiphe friendimpossiblemove Change image and share on social
Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some of them tend to take that freedom to live a little more openly or a little more dangerously, sometimes a lot more self-destructively, than other people. Anne Roiphe artistbinddangerously share on social
Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror. Anne Roiphe distortfunhouse Change image and share on social
Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life. Anne Roiphe grieflifeloss Change image and share on social
Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It's much better if one simply does. Anne Roiphe actartartist Change image and share on social
You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note. Anne Roiphe addictaddictivecreative Change image and share on social
If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all. Anne Roiphe bookdesertfreud Change image and share on social
