Marguerite Young Quotes

I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about. - Marguerite Young

I like Gertrude Stein, and spent two weeks with her at the University of Chicago. - Marguerite Young

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

I had read the histories of mountain climbers, of suffragette captains, of travelers to the Middle East... all the ladies who went to the Middle East. I'd like to go myself. I didn't invent anything in my book. I didn't need to. - Marguerite Young

I had a book, which was stolen, the art of the life of the character, in which you present a whole life in three of four pages. I used that method. - Marguerite Young

I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience. - Marguerite Young

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

I bear a heavy gift. - Marguerite Young

Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him. - Marguerite Young

At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age. - Marguerite Young

Page 4 of 5

<<-First <-Previous Next -> Last ->>