Elizabeth Berg Quotes

Elizabeth Berg

American Author

Born: Dec 2, 1948

Life Me People Think Writing You

Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

Ideas come from life: what happens in mine, what I see happening in others', mixed with a great deal of imagination. I might see a person in a grocery store and build a whole character and life out of what's in her basket. Elizabeth Berg

Life Great Character Great Deal Build Imagination Others Mine Out See Come Ideas Deal Mixed Person Store Happening Happens Might Grocery Grocery Store Whole Her Basket

When I write, I operate as a writer and a reader both - I never know what's going to happen. Elizabeth Berg

Both Write Writer Never Know Operate Reader Going Happen

Life is so fragile, so brief. And we seemingly work so hard at trying to ignore that. Elizabeth Berg

Life Work Seemingly Trying Ignore Hard Brief Fragile

If I could visit dead authors, I'd head right over to E. B. White, though I'm so in awe of him I'd probably just sit at his feet and weep. He's the master of clarity, of understated humor, of palatable political conviction. Elizabeth Berg

Political Humor Master Sit Conviction White Though Visit Clarity Could Weep He Head Over Feet Dead Him Understated His Authors Just If I Could Awe Right

I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy. Elizabeth Berg

Quality Important Think Writer Empathy Most The Most Important

In this wide world, I don't think that there's just one person for any of us. I think we look until we find one that feels right, and oftentimes, it works out just fine. Elizabeth Berg

World Think Out Find Fine Feels Look Until Person Any Oftentimes Just Just One Us Works Right Wide Wide World

Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them. Elizabeth Berg

Dreams Elvis True Coming Lot Being Them Things Symbolic

I find life a mix of humor and pathos, and all my books reflect that to one degree or another. Elizabeth Berg

Life Humor Degree Reflect Books Find Another Mix Pathos

The friends in my real life do tend to be smart and funny and creative. I am lucky! Elizabeth Berg

Life Funny Creative Smart Real Life Tend Am Real Friends Lucky

I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well. Elizabeth Berg

Art Parenting Nothing Think Those Admiration Well Art Form Form Who

I like my house to feel like a place where I can just lie back and say, 'Ahhhhh, I'm home.' Elizabeth Berg

Home Lie Back Say Feel Like House Just Where Place

Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work. Elizabeth Berg

Work Great Me Writing Joy Release Great Joy Always

You should not pay too much attention to what anyone tells you, including me. It's very, very important to follow your own map. Elizabeth Berg

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I've been to Iowa many times before. You have to love Iowa, or you're not an American. Elizabeth Berg

Love You Before Iowa Been Times American To Love Many

If I'm on the road for Random House, I'm presenting a book with the hope people will buy it. Elizabeth Berg

Buy Hope Book People Random Will Road House Presenting

For me as a writer, it's so joyful to know that someone hears and responds to what I write. Elizabeth Berg

Me Responds Someone Write Writer Joyful Know Hears

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