Tillie Olsen

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'