The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well. Edith Pearlman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The ordinary experiences of aging alter and clarify your view of past, present, and future. Edith Pearlman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they’re supposed to be. Edith Pearlman Read Quote
I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life. Edith Pearlman Read Quote
All the stories I write come from someone I’ve met or some anecdote I’ve heard. Edith Pearlman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
