Grace Paley

You write from what you know but you write into what you don't know.
― Grace Paley

The only thing you should have to do is find work you love to do. And I can't imagine living without having loved a person. A man, in my case. It could be a woman, but whatever. I think, what I always tell kids when they get out of class and ask, 'What should I do now?' I always say, 'Keep a low overhead. You're not going to make a lot of money.' And the next thing I say: 'Don't live with a person who doesn't respect your work.' That's the most important thing—that's more important than the money thing. I think those two things are very valuable pieces of information.
― Grace Paley

There is a long time in me between knowing and telling.
― Grace Paley, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.
― Grace Paley