Top 44 Quotes by Marian Keyes

About Marian Keyes

These are some quotes by Irish author Marian Keyes Writer, who was born on September 10, 1963.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

Marian Keyes

Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the middle of one.

Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the middle of one.

Marian Keyes

I've always been melancholic. At a party, everyone would be looking at the glittering chandeliers and I'd be looking at the waitress's cracked shoes.

I've always been melancholic. At a party, everyone would be looking at the glittering chandeliers and I'd be looking at the waitress's cracked shoes.

Marian Keyes

I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.

I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.

Marian Keyes

For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness.

For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness.

Marian Keyes

When you're a mass-market writer, people think that you can just decide 'this happens, this happens, this happens', whereas with literary writers it's coming from their soul and their core. But with me it does come from my soul and my core, and my soul and my core often go AWOL, and then I've nothing to write.

Marian Keyes

I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.

Marian Keyes

Optimism can be relearnt.

Optimism can be relearnt.

Marian Keyes

I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.

I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.

Marian Keyes

Love and kindness go hand in hand.

Love and kindness go hand in hand.

Marian Keyes

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