Margaret Anderson

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of read more

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to read more

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.