We were born to die; we were born to endure, on the way to death, sorrow-sorrow in manifold shapes.
Cynthia OzickI wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.
Cynthia OzickThe power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.
Cynthia OzickEvery writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.
Cynthia Ozick