All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side. Marguerite Young beautybridgeend share on social
I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about. Marguerite Young fantasizeinventknow Change image and share on social
I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real. Marguerite Young abandonbackbook share on social
If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin. Marguerite Young americaanniechaplin Change image and share on social
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? Marguerite Young augustinebibleexperimental Change image and share on social
If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss. Marguerite Young abyssblindlyfollow Change image and share on social
I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered. Marguerite Young desireexplorehuman Change image and share on social
I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing. Marguerite Young havenoticepreoccupy Change image and share on social
There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names-but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know. Marguerite Young crueldestroyhysterical share on social