Quotes by Tillie Olsen

About Tillie Olsen:

Tillie Lerner Olsen was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
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I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

Tillie Olsen

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

Tillie Olsen

Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could of this over the years, myself so nearly remaining mute and having to let writing die over and over again in me. These are not natural silences...

Tillie Olsen

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

Tillie Olsen

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

Tillie Olsen

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

Tillie Olsen

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.

Tillie Olsen

Author Bio

  • NameTillie Olsen
  • DescriptionWriter
  • BornJanuary 14, 1912
  • DiedJanuary 1, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship