It was so naive to think that there was nothing interesting that happened after 55. Come on, there's a whole second adulthood!
From Gail Sheehy
I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.
I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe influence peoples' way of thinking by a story that I do, by something I learn about the world.
I'm a liberal, but I think there's so much that the private sector can do and does do.
Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.
I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
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