Nuferi Roz Quotes

I don't put myself through that nauseating experience of looking at someone's face while they go through your stuff. Ugh! It's just horrible! It gives me the cringes to even think about it. ~ Roz Chast

Nights were the worst. I'd try to get some sleep, only to be thrown out of bed and dragged out into the compound for another game of "Let's whack Bobby in the dark!" - Bobby Pendragon, RoZ ~ D.J. MacHale

You might have a worry that's so stupid it just peters out by itself, like a bad investment. ~ Roz Chast

We've got a lifetime of this ahead of us; it's a marathon, not a sprint. ~ Roz Nay

I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office. ~ Roz Savage

I gave up on ever trying to get 'my way.' I barely knew it existed. ~ Roz Chast

I've had people ask me if it would have been easier to take care of your parents if you had siblings, and I think it's 50/50. I know people who have siblings, and there is a lot of acrimony because somebody always feels that they are doing more than the other person. ~ Roz Chast

You could pray all you want that you have a massive stroke while you're working and die, but possibly that won't happen, and you'll be in this bed, and somebody's going to have to clean you up. ~ Roz Chast

Okay. Roz is strong. She's confident and loyal. She's there when I need her.
"Congratulations," I mumbled. "Sounds like you're dating a German shepherd. ~ Jus Accardo

You play the cards you're dealt. Everyone does. ~ Roz Nay

Too often critics have taken as the sole and crucial matter of fantasy the preoccupation of Tolkien, the quest for a remedy to the world's pain that will not destroy innocence with the temptations of power. Impressive and popular as The Lord of the Rings is, it manages its landscapes, vast green-leaved or slag-heaped vistas of pathetic fallacy and implied morality, far better than its people; it leaves the impression that important issues have been turned by sleight of hand and Georgian prettiness into questions of good and bad practice in urban planning and rural conservation. After all, the Grail is only worth seeking if you can believe in a god who put it there to help those who help themselves, in an Avalon to which burned-out heroes can retire with dignity. There is another great Matter for fantasy, one of more obvious resonance for the creative artist - the reconciliation of faerie and humanity; of the passion, power and wit of a world of sensuality, magic, and danger with the requirements of kind and ordinary life. ~ Roz Kaveney

Codependence means we are depending on something outside of ourselves to provide our sense of wellbeing and are not being true to ourselves and our own feelings. As long as we keep believing that we can make someone else happy or that someone else has the power to make us happy, we are setting ourselves up for frustration, failure, and possibly victimization. ~ Roz Van Meter

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate. ~ Roz Chast

My kids always joked that I spent more time cooking the birds' food than I have cooking for them. And it's probably true. ~ Roz Chast

My parents were very, very close; they pretty much grew up together. They were born in 1912. They were each other's only boyfriend and girlfriend. They were - to use a contemporary term I hate - co-dependent, and they had me very late. So they had their way of doing things, and they reinforced each other. ~ Roz Chast

A few years ago I wrote two versions of my obituary, the one I wanted and the one I was heading for. They were very different. I realized I needed to make some big changes if I was going to look back and be proud of my life. I am making those changes, and now I have a life worth living. ~ Roz Savage

A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom. ~ Roz Savage

I am a rolling stone, never in one place for very long. ~ Roz Savage

There's something about most phobias where there's a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen. ~ Roz Chast

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid. ~ Roz Savage

What's the point of doing something twice when it's been done perfectly the first time? It's the same reason I won't fall in love now. ~ Roz Nay

I'm sure that my parents' behavior has entered my work, I'm sorry to say. I don't think you need to have a difficult childhood to be funny, but it helps. ~ Roz Chast

I've always wanted to learn how to hook rugs. A wonderful artist named Leslie Giuliani taught me how. The nice thing is you can change it as you go along. ~ Roz Chast

I stopped rowing for a moment to glug down some water, but it was warm, tasted of plastic, and failed to refresh. I yearned for an ice-cold drink - preferably one with bubbles and alcohol in it. ~ Roz Savage

I love detail, like drawing what's on top of someone's coffee table. Maybe there's a little bowl of butterscotch candies on it, next to the four TV remotes. ~ Roz Chast

The fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not. ~ Roz Chast

I was the child at school in second-hand or handmade clothes and, as I grew older, I craved material wealth, a big house and designer clothes. ~ Roz Savage

Being female was just one more way I felt different and weird. I was also a young 'un, and also my cartoons were not like typical 'New Yorker' cartoons. ~ Roz Chast

Roz is telling a story. That's what they will do, increasingly in their lives: tell stories. Tonight their stories will be about Zenia. ~ Margaret Atwood

Manhattan is a narrow island surrounded by various miscellaneous items. ~ Roz Chast

I always imagined my little cartoons on plates for some reason. ~ Roz Chast

Four AM last call proved to me that the late-night hours had a mystical, ethereal quality ripe with dangerous possibilities. ~ Roz Bailey

My parents were fine at 85. So 85's nothing. 100 is another thing. I have a friend whose mother is about to turn 101, and it's not great. ~ Roz Chast

The restorative effect of a tasty dinner is quite remarkable. When the going gets tough, the tough get cooking. ~ Roz Savage

With little going for me other than unstoppable eagerness, a sense of total commitment, and a stubborn refusal to give up on what felt like a divinely ordained scheme, I cast myself upon the waters of the world's oceans. ~ Roz Savage