One of the best parts of being a writer is getting to peer into other worlds – even if you aren’t going to stay very long. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
When I was growing up, for example, everybody on our street was Irish. And all the girls did Irish step dancing. It was pre-Lord of the Dance – it was before anybody knew what gillys were – but we did, and there was such pride among the members of my family and people I grew up with. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author meant sitting at the kitchen table in pajamas, drinking tea with the dogs at your feet. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that word. The misperceptions about what it’s all about have gotten into their heads. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don’t talk or care about feminism anymore, that it’s totally over. But it’s not. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
I’m from outside of Boston, and in Boston, people are so passionate about their Irishness. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
