Shirley Jackson

Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.