Shirley Jackson Quotes - Page 4

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• The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer would amaze you.

  Shirley Jackson

  Winning, Numbers, People

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• I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.

  Shirley Jackson

  Fake People, Writing, Giving

  Shirley Jackson (2008). “The Lottery”, p.28, The Creative Company

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• I was already doing a lot of splendid research reading all the books about ghosts I could get hold of, and particularly true ghost stories - so much so that it became necessary for me to read a chapter of _Little Women_ every night before I turned out the light - and at the same time I was collecting pictures of houses, particularly odd houses, to see what I could find to make into a suitable haunted house.

  Shirley Jackson

  Book, Reading, Night

  Shirley Jackson (2013). “Come Along with Me: Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel”, p.107, Penguin

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