I was fortunate that by the time I was born, there were a lot of comforts and at the same time I lived in a neighborhood where it was brought to my eyes every single day that people didn't live like me. Every day I knew that many of my friends "got relief." That was important in my thinking about the world, thinking that not everybody lived that way.
Grace PaleyGood talkers are people who use interesting language and have a lot of energy in speech and who also listen.
Grace PaleyI am very interested in people trying to write because I don't have a big academic background at all.
Grace Paley