Laurie Notaro Quotes

Laurie Notaro is a #1 New York Times best-selling American writer. Notaro was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, She graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in journalism. She co-founded Planet Magazine, and was a senior editor at Tucson Monthly, a full-color city magazine. Notaro was a columnist for ten years at The Arizona Republic. In October 2001, The Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club was picked up by Random House which resulted in eleven books. She is now with Simon & Schuster publishers with the Gallery imprint. Numerous articles, essays, and novels have followed, and she was a finalist for The Thurber Award for American Humor. She has written for The New York Times, Glamour, BARK Magazine, USA Today, Village Voice Media, and BUST. She currently lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband. Wikipedia

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Famous Laurie Notaro Quotes

“Books are to me as homemade tattoos are to an inmate. Can't get enough of them.”

Source: I Love Everybody

“I want a man as nice as my retarded dog, but one that doesn't crap on the floor.”

Source: The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life

“It's okay," my husband said, shuffling toward his study. "I bought an electric-powered chain saw with a plug-in cord so if I run away fast enough, you can only chase me so far.”

Source: I Love Everybody

“Hadn't one of my all-time favorite reveries been to become a cranky hermit, live unperturbed in my house, and have things brought to me like a monarch or tribal lord?”

“… Everyone knows there's only one thing less welcome on a stage than a mime, and that's a clown, because everyone knows that clowns eat people.”

Source: There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble

“Small towns are sometimes like that; familiarity runs high, while regard for personal space is low, if nonexistent.”

Source: There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble

“Whaddaya mean 'old maids,' ha? The term is 'unclaimed treasure,' buddy, 'unclaimed treasure!”

Source: Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood

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