I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be—not to have a "career," but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.


Metaphor and Memory (1989)

Cynthia Ozick Quotes

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be—not to have a career, but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be—not to have a career, but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be—not to have a career, but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be—not to have a career, but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.