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Alison Bechdel Quotes

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated Picture Quote #1

It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone Picture Quote #1

I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity Picture Quote #1

What would happen if we spoke the truth? Picture Quote #1

She has given me a way out Picture Quote #1

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Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief Picture Quote #1

You can’t live and write at the same time Picture Quote #1

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up Picture Quote #1

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I’m working on that. I’m giving them all little lines under the eyes, trying to sort of make them age gracefully Picture Quote #1

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn’t like fighting at all, so I quit Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults Picture Quote #1

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Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it’s about real life. I feel like I’m using a part of my brain that’s been dormant until now Picture Quote #1

I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements. One, it has to have at least two women in it who, two, talk to each other about, three, something other than a man Picture Quote #1

It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew Picture Quote #1

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white Picture Quote #1

Well, I’m always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out Picture Quote #1

It’s a hard thing to age a character because you can’t really suddenly give someone gray hair Picture Quote #1

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I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself Picture Quote #1

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don’t know why that is important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author Picture Quote #1

I’ll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man Picture Quote #1

I grew to resent the way my father treated his furniture like children, and his children like furniture Picture Quote #1

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Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated (Alison Bechdel Quotes) It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity (Alison Bechdel Quotes) What would happen if we spoke the truth? (Alison Bechdel Quotes) She has given me a way out (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief (Alison Bechdel Quotes) You can’t live and write at the same time (Alison Bechdel Quotes) My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up (Alison Bechdel Quotes) One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I’m working on that. I’m giving them all little lines under the eyes, trying to sort of make them age gracefully (Alison Bechdel Quotes) When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn’t like fighting at all, so I quit (Alison Bechdel Quotes) When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it’s about real life. I feel like I’m using a part of my brain that’s been dormant until now (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements. One, it has to have at least two women in it who, two, talk to each other about, three, something other than a man (Alison Bechdel Quotes) It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Well, I’m always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out (Alison Bechdel Quotes) It’s a hard thing to age a character because you can’t really suddenly give someone gray hair (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself (Alison Bechdel Quotes) People really want to think that these things really happened. I don’t know why that is important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I’ll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I grew to resent the way my father treated his furniture like children, and his children like furniture (Alison Bechdel Quotes)

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