Doris Egan Quotes

“Those voices telling you that it's all wrong, and you should be louder or softer or more fashionable or marketable? Those are the bad voices. The only guide you can afford to listen to is the obsessive, lovestruck thing inside you that keeps insisting it finds some particular subject utterly fascinating. Do not shame this part of yourself. Take it by the hand and lead it to safety.”

“Everything is conditional. You just can't always anticipate the conditions.”

“Figuring out who people are takes time. And it takes twice as much time if they're trying to impress you.”

“Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise there would be no religious people.”

“We use recyclable clothes now. Wear them once, then eat them.”

“You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.”

“I write for love; I write for money; I try to do them both at the same time.”