I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity; it’s not very ladylike. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
Since I’ve quit drinking, I’m not sure I’ve found the good life, but I’ve certainly uncovered a better one. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It’s just taking your life apart and putting it together again. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
Why is Kris Jenner a powerhouse? Because some part of us confuses fame and infamy, too. If she really bothered us half as much as we claim she does, we’d look away and stop feeding her empire. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
I would never make up a character who didn’t exist or an event that didn’t transpire. If you’re a real writer, you have other tools in your toolbox to build drama. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
My parents always swore that in my childhood they had to let me win at board games. If, by the lucky stroke of the plastic wheel, my father would accidentally beat me at Candy Land, I would fly into fits of bawling that I’m told would last for hours. If I couldn’t triumph, I didn’t want to play. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
It’s no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she’s a freak of nature. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
Having a child doesn’t make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
I don’t know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it’s always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. Koren Zailckas Read Quote
