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Mona Simpson quotes: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? Does it improve upon the silence?

Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? Does it improve upon the silence?

Mona Simpson quotes: A mother's happiness; something you recognize and then forget; it didn't seem to matter much, though it spread through our bodies.

A mother's happiness; something you recognize and then forget; it didn't seem to matter much, though it spread through our bodies.

Mona Simpson quotes: Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.

Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.

Mona Simpson quotes: In every person's face, there is one place that seems to express them most accurately. With my grandmother, you always looked at her mouth.

In every person's face, there is one place that seems to express them most accurately. With my grandmother, you always looked at her mouth.

Mona Simpson quotes: We come into the world whole, all of us, but we don't know that, don't know that life will be taking large chunks out of us, forever.

We come into the world whole, all of us, but we don't know that, don't know that life will be taking large chunks out of us, forever.

Mona Simpson quotes: I didn't know much about computers. I still worked on a manual Olivetti typewriter.

I didn't know much about computers. I still worked on a manual Olivetti typewriter.

Mona Simpson quotes: We have all these cultural assumptions about love. People get hurt, and we say, 'Oh, it's no one's fault.'

We have all these cultural assumptions about love. People get hurt, and we say, 'Oh, it's no one's fault.'

Mona Simpson quotes: I left the Midwest when I was twelve years old, and I haven't lived in a small town since.

I left the Midwest when I was twelve years old, and I haven't lived in a small town since.

Mona Simpson quotes: The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop.

The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop.

Mona Simpson quotes: We all - in the end - die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many stories.

We all - in the end - die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many stories.

Mona Simpson quotes: Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.

Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.

Mona Simpson quotes: I'm a believer in using whatever works for fiction, but mostly, that's not life.

I'm a believer in using whatever works for fiction, but mostly, that's not life.

Mona Simpson quotes: I do have food in my books. Different people eat different ways.

I do have food in my books. Different people eat different ways.

Mona Simpson quotes: I've never had an exclusive relationship to a room where I write. I used to want one.

I've never had an exclusive relationship to a room where I write. I used to want one.

Mona Simpson quotes: Reading-not occasionally, not only on vacation but everyday-gives me nourishment and enlarges my life in mysterious and essential ways.

Reading-not occasionally, not only on vacation but everyday-gives me nourishment and enlarges my life in mysterious and essential ways.

Mona Simpson quotes: But would I have chosen to be Paul? I'd miss Will too much, the feel of his shins.

But would I have chosen to be Paul? I'd miss Will too much, the feel of his shins.

Mona Simpson quotes: 'Casebook' is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.

'Casebook' is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.

Mona Simpson quotes: I'm a simple cook, and there's a lot I don't eat. But food is important. It translates so easily into pleasure.

I'm a simple cook, and there's a lot I don't eat. But food is important. It translates so easily into pleasure.

Mona Simpson quotes: Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know.

Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know.

Mona Simpson quotes: The more you learn about animals and animal rights - it's an intriguing, fascinating world.

The more you learn about animals and animal rights - it's an intriguing, fascinating world.

Mona Simpson quotes: These stories depressed me. Love ruined people's lives, the way our parents said drugs could.

These stories depressed me. Love ruined people's lives, the way our parents said drugs could.

Mona Simpson quotes: He was a man too busy to flush toilets.

He was a man too busy to flush toilets.

Mona Simpson quotes: So many things that seemed crucial and excruciatingly hard ended and then didn't matter anymore, forever after

So many things that seemed crucial and excruciatingly hard ended and then didn't matter anymore, forever after

Mona Simpson quotes: The way Eli looked at her, my dad looked at the food.

The way Eli looked at her, my dad looked at the food.