73 Quotes by Judith Guest

I taught more school, had two more sons and then in 1970 I wrote a short story and sent it to a national contest, where I won 60th prize out of 100.

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to posses a guiding principle

I'm glad I'm successful at it, because it's allowed me to live very well financially, and give my kids a lot of things. It's enabled me to do stuff that I otherwise wouldn't be able to do. But it's not who I am.

I'm not terrifically comfortable with even thinking about what I've accomplished in relation to who I am and how I relate to other people.

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Riding the train gives him too much time to think, he has decided. Too much thinking can ruin you.

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.