Ozick, Cynthia -- Interview by Tom Teicholz, Paris Review, “The Art of Fiction” #95 (Spring 1987)

Dave — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:33:07 +0000

After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies. We get to be responsible for our faces.

Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928) American writer
Interview by Tom Teicholz, Paris Review, “The Art of Fiction” #95 (Spring 1987)
(Source)

See Camus and Orwell.

Discussion of similar quotations: When You Are Young, You Have the Face Your Parents Gave You. After You Are Forty, You Have the Face You Deserve – Quote Investigator.

Orwell, George -- Notebook, last words (17 Apr 1949)

Dave — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 17:49:27 +0000

At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Notebook, last words (17 Apr 1949)
(Source)

See Camus. See also discussion here.

WIST Quotations

Ozick, Cynthia -- Interview by Tom Teicholz, Paris Review, “The Art of Fiction” #95 (Spring 1987)

Orwell, George -- Notebook, last words (17 Apr 1949)