Allegra Huston

Novelist

1964-08-26

Allegra Huston is a British-American author, editor, and writer. She is based in Taos, New Mexico.

Quotes by Allegra Huston

I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.
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The most important thing in convoluted families, I learnt as I wrote, is that the child feels loved. I knew from a young age that I was a problem which required constant solving; but I never felt unloved. I was lucky.
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What I am most grateful for is that neither of my fathers pushed the relationship; they just let things develop and didn't impose anything on me. They were both just there, emanating stability in a very unstable situation.
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Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.
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