Rosemary Mahoney Quotes

Writing is not a genteel profession; it's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.

In 'A Likely Story,' I wanted to recreate the events, the mood, and the imagery of my life as a teenager. I was thirty-seven when I wrote it.

There's as much revealed in the way a person lifts a glass as in what they say about some political issue.

Not one day of my mother's adult life passed without some critical demand on her maternal role, without some urgent response from her.

As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people, which I guess is true of all adolescents.

I am not afraid to die. I simply do not want to.

The night sky in Egypt is a swirling mass of stars so bright and numerous the sky seems to tremble with the ice-blue weight of them.

The heart of their [Walsingham Witnesses] religion seemed to lie in disproving the religion of others.

The first thing the Chinese ask you when they meet you is: 'How much money do you make?' It's a legitimate question to ask in China.

I'm very curious about the world, foreign cultures.

I was a good student, sort of funny and athletic. I had friends.

Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand.

I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn't perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor.