Alix Kates Shulman Quotes

United States, Writer
August 17, 1932

Alix Kates Shulman is an American writer of fiction, memoirs, and essays, as well as one of the early radical activists of second-wave feminism. She is best known for her bestselling debut adult novel, Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen (Knopf, 1972), "one of the first novels to emerge from the Women's Liberation Movement" (Oxford Companion to Women's Writing).

Within walking distance of any spot on Earth there's probably more than enough mystery to investigate in a lifetime.

Alix Kates Shulman
Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.

Alix Kates Shulman

Being alone for a woman is probably much more scary than for a man. I'm all for getting over our fears by facing them head-on.

Alix Kates Shulman
- Alone
- Woman
- Fears
Solitude offers a lot that being coupled or being in a group does not. It helps us learn what we are capable of.

Alix Kates Shulman
- Learn
- Solitude
- Capable
Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality.

Alix Kates Shulman
- Reality
- See
- Sexism
My mirror image always had to be interpreted. And for that I sought my reflection in someone else's eyes.

Alix Kates Shulman
- Eyes
- Image
- Interpreted
There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.

Alix Kates Shulman
- Women
- Equality
- Awareness
Many people spend the ends of their lives alone, and probably a lot of years in the middle of their lives, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to experience the rewards of solitude.

Alix Kates Shulman

Our society has very much limited our choices, even regarding the food we think acceptable.

Alix Kates Shulman
Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.

Alix Kates Shulman
- Feel
- Period
- Novel
In my books, my idea is always to explore social context and social forces.

Alix Kates Shulman
- Books
- Explore
- Social