Laura Z. Hobson
Laura Z. Hobson
Laura Z. Hobsonwas an American novelist best known for her novel, Gentleman's Agreement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 January 1900
CountryUnited States of America
Laura Z. Hobson quotes about
writing agony
Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.
writing cutting childhood
I've told youngsters not to write their autobiographical novel at the age of twenty-one; to save it for the time when they're fifty-one or sixty-one. They should write other novels first, to learn their craft; they shouldn't cut their teeth on the valuable material of childhood because they'll never have better material, ever, to work with.
blessed feel-better differences
We are born in innocence. ... Corruption comes later. The first fear is a corruption, the first reaching for something that defies us. The first nuance of difference, the first need to feel better than the different one, more loved, stronger, richer, more blessed -- these are corruptions.
agnostic grew-up broads
I grew up in an agnostic broad-minded family.