"... woman is frequently praised as the more "creative" sex. She does not need to make poems, it is argued; she has no drive to make poems, because she is privileged to make babies. A pregnancy is as fulfilling as, say, Yeats' Sailing to Byzantium.... To call a child a poem may be a pretty metaphor, but it is a slur on the labor of art."

-- Cynthia Ozick

#Baby Quotes #Art Quotes #Sex Quotes

“There are two kinds of intelligence in this world. People who are Monopoly smart and people who are Trivial Pursuit smart... If you're starting your own business, don't even talk to me. But If you need to know who the lead singer of Kajagoogoo is, I'm your guy. His name is Limahl, by the way.”
“I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it, and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly every night.”

Source : "Hiroshima bomb pilot dies aged 92", news.bbc.co.uk. November 1, 2007.
“After some time passed in studying - and even imitating - the works of others, I would recommend the student to endeavour to be original, and to remember that originality should not be undiscovered plagiarism.”
“There are times when breakfast seems the one thing worth getting up for ...”

Source : Peter De Vries (1982). “Forever panting”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the king to take measures on the detentions or abuses by the army. China continues to provide military equipment.”
“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, 'Did you bring joy?' The second was, 'Did you find joy?”
“In the beginning, there was a kind of energy that - like an urgency to express myself, and the songs just couldn't be held in. But I think it changes, the nature of how that - what that energy is. And I need to court the muse in a much more serious way.”
“I don't have any special advice for America's women, except to know who you are and to put your priorities in order and to not worry about the naysayers and critics say.”

You may also like:

Alice Munro
Author
Bernard Malamud
Author
Bruno Schulz
Writer
Grace Paley
Writer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Author
John Updike
Novelist
Norman Mailer
Novelist
Philip Roth
Novelist
Saul Bellow
Writer