Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodmanis an American journalist and syndicated columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980. She is also a speaker and commentator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
firsts journalism tension
In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.
confidence real hate
The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.
caring rights vocabulary
Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent about abortion often miss the sound of caring.
loss age lines
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed.
father men use
My father used to say that if a man fools you once, he's a jerk. If he fools you twice, you're a jerk. Only he didn't use the word "jerk."
issues today rooms
Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room for the personal attack.
parent missing traveler
Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present.
writing people movement
People have been writing premature obituaries on the women's movement since its beginning.
time saving primacy
Saving time, it seems, has a primacy that's too rarely examined.
trendy items values
Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.
powerful mind tradition
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.
children divorce fire
You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.
social-values recycling boxes
I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box.
mistake sometimes made
Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made.