Marian Keyes Quotes

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Marian Keyes

Profession : Writer

Birth : September 10, 1963

I think reviewers are sexist... This isn't to sound bitter, but I think you're more likely to get a critical kicking if you're a woman. I just think that's a fact. I really think less value is put in general on women's voices, across the board.

Marian Keyes

When I first met my husband, he had a very good job - company car, pension plan, grudging respect from his staff - the lot. I, on the other hand, was badly paid and devoid of ambition. Then I had a couple of books published and confounded all expectations by starting to earn more than he did.

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There's no doubt that relationships do suffer when circumstances change profoundly.

Marian Keyes

For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness.

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I still get awful depression. It's who I am.

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I like hoodies. They just make me feel safe.

Marian Keyes

At 30 I thought my life was over. I thought I'd have made something of myself by then, that life would somehow have made the necessary arrangements - but actually I had nothing.

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I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy.

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I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.

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Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me.

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I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.

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I don't like this idea of division: that if you're a clever woman then you've got to be a particular way. Because men don't. Men please themselves.

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My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.

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As I get older the stars have gone from my eyes more, and I see that life is just something that has to be lived with, that it's better not to struggle.

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I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.

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I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways.

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Writing about feeling disconnected has enabled me to connect, and that has been the most lovely thing of all.

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Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra' like the free little biscuit you sometimes get with a cappuccino in a fancy coffee place.

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When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of what came out of Britain and America. I was all set to abandon it entirely.

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Love and kindness go hand in hand.

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