Quotes from Barbara Feldon

I sat down with paper and pen and just wrote, recklessly, without judgment, without spell-check. It was like going deliciously mad on the page! Where did these feelings come from? Who was feeling them? Who was writing such odd thoughts and images? Each time I surfaced I came back with a strange creature I treasured. Whether the world would equally treasure my captives wasn't important; they were mine and I welcomed them home like family.

Why be saddled with artifacts that no longer inspired me?

Wings unclipped, there was only me playing with empty space that kneeled to my will.

The Storm Pages became my route to self-revelation. In them I experienced events of the day in slow motion, more powerfully in retrospect than I could as they whizzed by in real time. I dared to be truthful, to record not what I wished I had felt but what I, in truth, actually did feel. Writing had become a way of honoring my authentic selves.

When the Little Prince asks the Fox how they can become friends he says if they sit in silence at opposite ends of a field every day, after a long time they will be friends.

A writer once commented that after he was left alone for long periods of time he felt larger than before

It's unrealistic to expect to be completely accepted and understood in life.

Be reckless. What's the worst that can happen? We're hoping to be surprised by some unrestrained part of ourselves that can't be expressed in our ordinary lives. The discoveries we're after can only surprise us when we're ready to accept whatever we uncover.

Don't judge your creation. Accept it with gratitude. What we express is a valuable part of ourselves and worthy of our respect.

I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.

The thing I love about television is that people watch you in their pajamas, and when they're eating dinner. You're part of the family.

I love writing. I've always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone.