Shirley Jackson Quotes

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I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.

- Shirley Jackson

Give, Very, Which, Outline

I delight in what I fear.

- Shirley Jackson

Fear, Delight

Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.

- Shirley Jackson

Children, Memoir, Savages, Disrespectful

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

- Shirley Jackson

Proud, Manager, Give, Handout

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.

- Shirley Jackson

Always, Use, Comprehend, Situation

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