My first job was working in a dress shop in Los Angeles in 1940, for $7 a week. Paula Fox angelesdressjob Change image and share on social
I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose. Paula Fox combinationcookhappy Change image and share on social
I don't like to listen to music while I'm working. Paula Fox listenmusicwork Change image and share on social
In my early twenties, that's when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going. Paula Fox beginbusyearly Change image and share on social
I taught writing classes at the University of Pennsylvania for a number of years and I realized that all you can do is encourage people and give them assignments and hope they will write them. Paula Fox assignmentclassencourage Change image and share on social
I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who write who don't have it. They're tone-deaf, even though they're very fluent. It's an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician. Paula Fox abilitydeafdoctor share on social
I have a painter's memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back. Paula Fox backchildhoodimprint Change image and share on social
I've always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I've seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they've stayed with me and comforted me. Paula Fox badbrutecomfort Change image and share on social
My father brought me a box of books once when I was about three and a half or four. I remember the carton they were in and the covers with illustrations by Newell C. Wyeth. Paula Fox bookboxbring Change image and share on social
There's a certain amount of tyranny in all of us to some extent, and in some people it's much more developed than in others. It's a different balance which makes us all different. Paula Fox amountbalancedevelop Change image and share on social
