I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration.
Margaret Anderson

I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.
Margaret Anderson

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.
Margaret Anderson

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
Margaret Anderson

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.
Margaret Anderson

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.
Margaret Anderson

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too.
Margaret Anderson

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.
Margaret Anderson

Self-preservation is the first responsibility.
Margaret Anderson