I never thought ‘The Glass Castle’ would be a movie. It’s just too complicated. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
Donald Trump really understood how to float a story, how to float a rumor, how to manipulate the truth. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
With a complicated childhood, you can either focus on the positive or the negative, and I chose to focus on the positive. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
I loved ‘Casablanca.’ You know, right vs. wrong. I think I like a movie where there is a victory, right over wrong, but there’s always some price to be paid. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
My father, Rex, was one of the most charismatic human beings I’ve ever known, and also one of the most brilliant. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
I didn’t have indoor plumbing. I’d go to school dirty. I didn’t have lunches. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
When I was first getting out of college, Mom said, ‘You ought to become a squatter.’ I’m like, ‘Forget it!’ Jeannette Walls Read Quote
What’s wrong with social climbing? What’s wrong with trying to improve your lot in life? And if you do, what happens if your family doesn’t? Is that betraying your roots? Are you being dishonest? I had a really good job, and it paid really well. Am I supposed to quit it out of loyalty to my parents? Jeannette Walls Read Quote
I had the big shoulders; I had the big hair. I loved the ’80s. It was all about power women. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
