Quotes by Elinor Lipman - Page 1

My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
Charm
Low Self Esteem
Narrators
School
Self Esteem
Low
Send
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I watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
Golf
Range
Television
Watches
Visits
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I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
Jobs
Boston
Release
Writing
Nearly
Fired
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I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
House
Impressed
Miles
Shopping
Aiming
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Five hundred words a day is what I aim for. And I don't go on to the next chapter until I've polished and polished and polished the one I'm working on.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
Aim
Goes On
Hundred
Next
Polished
Chapter
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I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
Girl
Basketball
Basketball Team
Community
Hebrew
High School
Specialty
Stealing
Team
School High School Through
Community School High School
Ball
Shot
Center
High
Guard
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It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with advanced degrees in Classics and in possession of excellent manners, can disappoint you as profoundly as anyone else.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
Degrees
Lessons
People
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An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.
Elinor Lipman / Novelist
Quirky
Book
Intelligent
Writing
Characterized
Editor
Endings
Romantic Comedy
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