I wasn’t old enough to realize that I could be my terrible self and have people love me for that. Kelly Oxford More Quotes by Kelly Oxford More Quotes From Kelly Oxford I like the idea that we can contain our weirdness, but I prefer it when we wear it all over ourselves. Kelly Oxford weirdness ideas Women have only had the vote for less than 100 years. Before that, we were wives and essentially kind of property. We grew up, and our parents wanted us to get married, so somebody else could look after us. And in the last few decades, it's changed. We can now have families without men. But, unfortunately, the dialogue, the old boys club, the locker room talk, has mysteriously not changed at all. Kelly Oxford wife men boys As a writer, I could write in Canada and still get the American benefits. But I wanted to come down here for the good weather and for the parties, I want to be social too. Being in LA is really great for that, for just running out and grabbing coffee with another writer. I couldn't do that in Canada. I love Los Angeles, and I love New York too; I just couldn't raise three kids there. Kelly Oxford coffee party running I find a lot of people struggling in their lives because they feel like it was expected they do a certain thing or act a certain way and not follow what their gut is telling them to do. Kelly Oxford struggle people way I had a dream I was walking down the street and didn't have to hold anyone's hand Kelly Oxford streets dream hands I like how glasses suggest intelligence instead of broken eyes. Kelly Oxford glasses eye broken Brad Pitt is older than Archie Bunker was in the first two seasons of All In The Family. Kelly Oxford bunkers two firsts There should be a drama series about women trying to figure out their mystery leg bruises. Kelly Oxford bruises trying drama It's terrifying to think about all things that were awful for you. But for me, sharing all of them was so satisfying, because people read them and get to go, "Oh, okay, I don't have to feel so shitty about that," or maybe even, "Why was I feeling so shitty about that? I should own that and learn from that." Those are the sorts of stories I want to tell. Kelly Oxford feelings people thinking When you listen to people who have accomplished so much, the one thing they always say is, "I didn't let anybody stop me." I really, really, steadfastly believe that. Kelly Oxford accomplished believe people I am a very emotional person. I basically think and feel in emotion, so writing is much easier for me than communicating by voice or by talking to somebody just because I can really get into the emotion more succinctly with writing. So I guess that's what makes me a better writer than speaker. Kelly Oxford emotional writing thinking Canadians always make jokes about the arrogant American, but the longer I'm here, the more I realize, "Oh, it isn't that they're arrogant, it's just the way that their country is set up you really have to protect yourself and you really have to look after yourself, and with that comes the mentality of 'I'm doing my thing here, if you don't like it, get over it.'" Kelly Oxford arrogant realizing country I'm not a big note-taker, so I think that the way I decide is that whatever I remember I always consider something that's important. If I remember a joke then I know it's a good joke, if I remember a story then I know it's a good story, and so that's how I curate what stories I'm going to write for the book. And I go over them again, make sure there's a theme and all that stuff, but mostly, it is intuition. Kelly Oxford writing book thinking
