Marguerite Young quotes

All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side. (Marguerite Young)
I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the lost utopia. View quote
Marguerite Young
I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night. View quote
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. View quote
Marguerite Young
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. View quote
Marguerite Young
If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed. View quote
Marguerite Young
Life has no beginning, middle or end. View quote
Marguerite Young
Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism. View quote
Marguerite Young
At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age. View quote
Marguerite Young
When the dream came into being, I always pursued it. View quote
Marguerite Young
If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized. (Marguerite Young)
I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certainly don't want anybody just to pick up my thoughts and hand them back to me. View quote
Marguerite Young
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer. View quote
Marguerite Young
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? View quote
Marguerite Young
All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe. View quote
Marguerite Young
If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin. View quote
Marguerite Young
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. View quote
Marguerite Young
I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career. View quote
Marguerite Young
Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him. View quote
Marguerite Young
All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning. View quote
Marguerite Young
I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience. (Marguerite Young)
I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about. View quote
Marguerite Young
The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women. View quote
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. View quote
Marguerite Young
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. View quote
Marguerite Young