If the West Point class of 1915 is called ‘the class the stars fell on’ for the number of World War II generals it produced, my junior-high class of 1950 is the class a ton of bricks fell on from Hollywood’s gut-wrenching portrayals of mother-love in ’40s-era movies. Florence King Read Quote
Democracy elevates by turning ordinary people into extraordinary ordinary people called celebrities. Florence King Read Quote
In ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ I couldn’t take my eyes off Judith Anderson as Big Mama. Florence King Read Quote
Women’s writing was coming along fine until feminists came along and turned it into Women’s Lit. Florence King Read Quote
Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty – as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it. Florence King Read Quote
Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it’s the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it. Florence King Read Quote
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker’s already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs. Florence King Read Quote
I’d rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home. Florence King Read Quote