Quotes from Gillian Roberts

Penny beamed so widely, her smile threatened to completely encircle her head and split it in two.

No time!" I called. There was, alas, all the time in the world now, but it wasn't socially acceptable to say, "No patience!

Obviously, retired life in Florida didn't offer a whole lot of excitement. Forty below in Fargo! she'd exlcaim. I can't believe it! Why, at home it's probably seventy-five or eighty. It was always seventy-five or eighty at home, even when it was actually a hundred and twelve or in the midst of a hurricane.

I blamed the whole mess on Charles Dickens.

It was certainly easy making conversation with this woman. You didn't even have to know the native tongue.

Writing time has to be created.

The only people who think writing is easy are people who don't write. Writing's a difficult, courageous act. Bravery is required, as well as a great deal of slogging along. A lot of our work is work.