313 Quotes by Elizabeth Berg


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    I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.

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    Whenever I write a novel, most of the time it starts with barest slip of an idea.

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    I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book.

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    I like my house to feel like a place where I can just lie back and say, 'Ahhhhh, I'm home.'

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    When I write a book, I don't have an idea of what I'm doing. I just go where it leads.

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    When I look at my own work, I see love, loss, and loneliness. Part of it might be that I was an army brat. I moved around all the time. There was a sense of nothing being permanent.

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    I never was a big believer that you can teach writing per se.

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