I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real. Marguerite Young abandonbackbook share on social
Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine? Marguerite Young augustinebibleexperimental Change image and share on social
If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss. Marguerite Young abyssblindlyfollow Change image and share on social
I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered. Marguerite Young desireexplorehuman Change image and share on social
I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing. Marguerite Young havenoticepreoccupy Change image and share on social
There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names-but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know. Marguerite Young crueldestroyhysterical share on social
I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of. Marguerite Young anaiscalldecent Change image and share on social
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. Marguerite Young eliotinfluencejoseph Change image and share on social
All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning. Marguerite Young beginbookwrite Change image and share on social
