Jeannette Walls Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.”

“My life is not just about the past.”

“We're stronger than we realize.”

“When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, 'The Maroon Wave,' and that's when I fell in love with journalism.”

“I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother. When I asked my mother, 'How do I tell people about you?' her answer was, 'Tell the truth'. But of course, the truth is never simple.”

“One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.”

“I always wanted to be a serious journalist.”

“Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way.”

“Everything in life is gray, you know.”

“I feel like 'Alice Through the Looking Glass.'”