Marge Piercy Quotes

I showed myself a lesser version of myself that night, and I’m glad I learned from it.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.

I wish I could say confidently that pacing remains my weak point, if you could talk about your own stuff without sounding like you're self-obsessed. But I think you kind of have to be.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.

Some of the things I'm most proud of, it isn't because I think it's my best work; it's because of something that it's taught me.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

I think you're always trying to figure yourself out and mistakes that you've made.

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that's not a constructive way to live.

Basically, when I did 'Infinity' in 1997, I had thoughts in my head that left me with a lot of questions. I've gone to certain personal limits with 'Infinity' that, at the end of it, I think, scared me. And I've made a lot of really kinda bad mistakes as a result of that.

All my mistakes, all my accomplishments, the good things I've done, the bad I've done, and the mistakes I've learned from, the mistakes I've never done before - all of that made me into what I am now.

Every man writes his manner. I just made poor decisions.

I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron.... I should have been able to do better.

I like to think the world wasn't ready for me, but maybe the truth is that I wasn't ready for the world. I've always arrived too late for my life.

I did nothing that I might not have done better.

Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life