#tin

What I said about John was that he liberated me from my anxieties about writing in a correct, acceptable way. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#acceptable #anxieties #correct #i #john

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm. ↗

— Eddie Mathews

#called #hitch #hitting #only #rhythm

It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#child #company #delicious #especially #extremely

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my great refuge through adolescence. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#adolescence #eleven #great #had #i

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother. ↗

— Diana Ross

#child #even #i #mother #single

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#color #cutting #direct #into #me

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#branches #grow #instinct #just #must

I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#children #i #i am #novel #second

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#brady #bunch #chicago #deaf #despite

I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#been #continued #couple #despite #had