Shirley Jackson Quotes about Writing

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So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you.

So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you.

Hurt, Writing, Long

Dad and I did not care at all for your story in The New Yorker … [I]t does seem, dear, that this gloomy kind of story is what all you young people think about these days. Why don't you write something to cheer people up?

Shirley Jackson

Cheer, Dad, Writing

Shirley Jackson (2013). “Come Along with Me: Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel”, p.114, Penguin

The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in you. Once you get that out of your way, you can start writing books.

Shirley Jackson

Book, Writing, Parent

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.

Shirley Jackson

Fake People, Writing, Giving

Shirley Jackson (2008). “The Lottery”, p.28, The Creative Company

Shirley Jackson Quotes about Writing

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