Literary Birthday – 31 March – Judith Rossner
Judith Rossner was born on 31 March 1935 and died on 9 August 2005.
Judith Rossner Quotes
- I was dictating to my mother when I was 5. I was raised to be a writer, to be accomplished.
- It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It’s harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is.
- My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.
- Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing.
- All women are great friends until in competition for a man or a job.
Judith Rossner was an American novelist. She had an unparalleled talent for dramatically uncovering those disturbing emotions we keep hidden. She wrote 10 books, but she is best known for her 1975 novel, Looking for Mr. Goodbar and her 1983 novel, August. Rossner sold the film rights to Looking for Mr. Goodbar for $250,000; the film adaptation was released in 1977. Rossner published her last novel, Perfidia in 1997 to extraordinary reviews. Her papers are held at the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University.
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