#u

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#given #imaginary #life #most #movies

Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#decided #eventually #had #i #just

Because trying to see all sides, such an instinct is particularly Jewish. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#instinct #jewish #particularly #see #sides

Feminism is a good venue for getting yourself across as much as for getting your point across. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#feminism #getting #good #much #point

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#because #body #bruce #bruce springsteen #heroic

I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassettes, with pens and paper, just in case I get the urge to sit down somewhere, and oh, I don't know, read something or write my masterpiece. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#books #carry #case #cassettes #down

I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#before #boy #captain #collecting #competing

I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a politician, like she's got an agenda to get across and that she doesn't always say what's really true or exactly what she feels. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#against #agenda #always #exactly #feel

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#back #deconstruct #discuss #everything #fights

It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#difficult #imagination #inspire #interesting #just