Judith Guest Quotes

"Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Friend, Being)

"Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me."
- Judith Guest
(Related: People, Successful, Cards)

"People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile."
- Judith Guest
(Related: People, Smile)

"Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Growing up)

"With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Friends, Pressure)

"It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Work, Day)

"I'm glad I'm successful at it, because it's allowed me to live very well financially, and give my kids a lot of things. It's enabled me to do stuff that I otherwise wouldn't be able to do. But it's not who I am."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Successful, Kids)

"I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Life, Living, Luck)

"I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!"
- Judith Guest

"I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Time)

"I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I'm enjoying it."
- Judith Guest

"I've never been one to tear the social fabric."
- Judith Guest

"My success is not who I am."
- Judith Guest
(Related: Success)