A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper. Gloria Vanderbilt More Quotes by Gloria Vanderbilt More Quotes From Gloria Vanderbilt I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success. Gloria Vanderbilt women business success There's a saying I read recently; I painted it on the fireplace and in my studio: "Be kind to everyone you meet, for everyone is fighting a great battle." We all are. Everyone. Gloria Vanderbilt be-kind battle fighting I do take very good care of myself, and I'm always in love. And by that I mean I have an appetite for life. I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things I think, on the inside, show on the outside. Gloria Vanderbilt being-in-love mean thinking You breathe in and out; you breathe in and you breathe out, and you live one moment into the next moment, and then time goes by, and you find you're able to put one foot in front of the other. Gloria Vanderbilt next able feet I'm always in love. If it's not with a man, it's something else. I love beauty. I love the sky I see outside the window. There's so much beauty in the world. Gloria Vanderbilt sky love-is men The heart of another is a dark forest. Gloria Vanderbilt dark heart forests If you've never had a mother or a father, you grow up seeking something you're never going to find, ever. You seek it in love and in people and in beauty. Gloria Vanderbilt growing-up mother father You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for yourself in love and in life. The bigger, the better. Gloria Vanderbilt bigger bigs secret Art brings a message into a room. It should make us perceive in a new way - either through color, form or narrative content - something we had not perceived before... and perhaps reveal something to you about yourself. Gloria Vanderbilt narrative color art Some of us are born with a sense of loss. It is not acquired as we grow. It is already there from the beginning, and it pervades us throughout our lives. Gloria Vanderbilt born grows loss I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always does. Gloria Vanderbilt doe wonderful feels I do spend money. I like to spend money, on houses - on furnishing houses. And I love to give presents to people. It's just in my nature to be that way. I always spent money I had. And I always spent what I made. I'm not stingy. Gloria Vanderbilt house giving people When I'm traveling to promote my book, I feel like an artful impostor. What I really am is when I'm in my (painter's) studio and when I'm writing. With actors, it's the same thing. They're kind of artful impostors in public. When you get to know them, they're different people. Gloria Vanderbilt writing book people I don't categorize myself as an 85-year-old woman who has written an erotic novel. I categorize myself as a writer who's written an erotic novel. Gloria Vanderbilt erotic novel years The only thing that would ever embarrass me would be something I would write that would be badly written. Gloria Vanderbilt written would-be writing I don't like cold people at all. It makes me feel really insecure. Gloria Vanderbilt insecure cold people I think something wonderful is going to happen to me. Maybe tomorrow. The phone can ring and your whole life can change. Gloria Vanderbilt maybe-tomorrow phones thinking Many times, working is kind of like channeling, and I really don't know what's going to fall on the page. I just did this image of a fat girl and put her on a tiny mountain peak of grass that she's walking over. It just amused me. Gloria Vanderbilt mountain-peaks girl fall I was born during an eclipse. I believe very much in astrology. If you were born on an eclipse it indicates your destiny is chaotic. Gloria Vanderbilt astrology destiny believe The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you Gloria Vanderbilt different taste fame
