Grace Paley
Grace Paley
Grace Paleywas an American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 December 1922
CountryUnited States of America
rising time women
I see women as oppressed, but I don't see them as victims; I see them rising all the time. I see them as very strong.
courage world rage
Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.
kids men thinking
The only thing you should have to do is find work you love to do. And I can't imagine living without having loved a person. A man, in my case. It could be a woman, but whatever. I think, what I always tell kids when they get out of class and ask, 'What should I do now?' I always say, 'Keep a low overhead. You're not going to make a lot of money.' And the next thing I say: 'Don't live with a person who doesn't respect your work.' That's the most important thing—that's more important than the money thing. I think those two things are very valuable pieces of information.
world forget sometimes
Sometimes, walking with a friend, I forget the world.
fun lying writing
The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your work. Don't lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don't write.
together sticks should
Women should stick together. Didn’t you learn anything yet?
writing people sometimes
People will sometimes say, "Why don't you write more politics?" And I have to explain to them that writing the lives of women IS politics.
careers normal divides
The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.
facts doe hindsight
Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts.
real writing vocabulary
My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If I really knew this language, there would surely be in my head, as there is in Webster's or the Dictionary of American Slang, that unreducible verb designed to tell a person like me what to do next.
writing needs
You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.
generations next meaning-of-life
For me, the meaning of life is the next generation.
long rewards life-is
In the end, long life is the reward, strength, and beauty.
want ifs
If you want to do things, do things.