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
I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents. Anne Roiphe centcriticfollow 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
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
I think that certainly the artists of the '40s, '50s and '60s were fighting a very conformist society, which didn't give them enough space to live or create, and they were bucking all kinds of spoken and unspoken rules. Anne Roiphe 40s50s60s share on social
We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn't always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be. Anne Roiphe armchilddoctor 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
When I grew up, you needed to have straight hair. It's symbolic of needing to be like everyone else, needing to look like everyone else. And what that meant was looking like the dominant ruling class in America. Anne Roiphe americaclassdominant share on social
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
Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror. Anne Roiphe distortfunhouse Change image and share on social