All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning. Marguerite Young beginbookwrite Change image and share on social
I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night. Marguerite Young hourmidnightnight Change image and share on social
The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write. Marguerite Young expresslosspoem Change image and share on social
Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him. Marguerite Young attackdreiserlove 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
A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. Marguerite Young casedeathdiscover 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
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
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 knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of. Marguerite Young anaiscalldecent Change image and share on social
