Quotes from Olivia Goldsmith

The secret to true happiness is low expectations and insensitivity.

Sammy's so confused he don't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt. -Steel Magnolias

Just like a spider with a line of silk! Did you ever see them throw themselves out into space to weave? They're taking a chance, every single time. They got to do it or else they'd never create anything. But I bet it don't feel good, even to a spider.

Critics are eager to discover a new voice. For some reason they're just as eager to be disappointed by a second novel.

It wasn't an alternative to experience, or an escape from it. Not if you did it right. Reading was the only way we could transcend our own experience and deeply engage in that of another's.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. —Margaret Atwood

You have to sink way down to a level of hopelessness and desperation to find the book that you can write. —Susan Sontag