Edith Pearlman Professions : Short story writer Born : June 26, 1936 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Edith Pearlman It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible. Edith Pearlman unnoticed important quiet I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do? Edith Pearlman sentences hours Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world. Edith Pearlman reading drinking book I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life. Edith Pearlman important life long believe I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be. Edith Pearlman know single society people All the stories I write come from someone I've met or some anecdote I've heard. Edith Pearlman write come some someone I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm. Edith Pearlman always warm space years The ordinary experiences of aging alter and clarify your view of past, present, and future. Edith Pearlman view aging future past There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifying - as long as I can sit at my typewriter, alone, for half a day. Edith Pearlman alone day life long Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobility. Edith Pearlman memory mute written prison I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity. Edith Pearlman loved always luck literature I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you've written. If you use a typewriter, you must retype if you make a mistake, and thus, you must re-examine every word. Edith Pearlman good think you mistake I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devoted readership. Edith Pearlman small always creative life I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow. Edith Pearlman saul lived corner around I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition beyond that. Edith Pearlman beyond publish ambition book Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral. Edith Pearlman post building architecture sometimes The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well. Edith Pearlman well language natural world The market town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, was a popular 19th - century English spa. Its mineral springs were supposed to be good for you. This was before the invention of bran. In the 20th century, Cheltenham grew into an active municipality. Edith Pearlman english good you invention In the late 1950s, self-esteem hadn't yet been invented. High schools saw their sole mission as preparing students thoroughly for academic work. Edith Pearlman high mission late work Similar Authors Arthur Shearly Cripps short-story-writer Ivan Vladislavic short-story-writer Deborah Eisenberg short-story-writer Doris Betts short-story-writer Diriye Osman short-story-writer Deb Olin Unferth short-story-writer All Authors
