"I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing."

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Marilyn Hacker

#Jobs Quotes #Editing Quotes #Kind Quotes

“I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.”
“In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.”
“Will the theater disappear? No. Is it healthy? Also no.”
“The Danes are causing a bit of trouble. The kingdom of Denmark claimed the North Pole as their own. Hey, you can't just reach out and take something if you want it, Denmark. That's Russia's job.”
“I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing].”
“In spiritual things, this world is all wintertime so long as the Saviour is away.”
“I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the 'Village Voice' and asked me to turn it into an essay.”
“What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person . . . form of jogging for the innards, but that it creates a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work, too.”

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