Rough Draft Quotes

“Estrangement is loss. Estrangement is work. You only do it if you have to. You only do it if you don't have a good alternative.”
― Katy Tur, Rough Draft: A Memoir

“We are not off to great places, not off and away. We live here. We have to make here work. And I have to make me work.”
― Katy Tur, Rough Draft: A Memoir

“It's like motherhood had given me an extra length of emotional nerve endings. I reacted to details in a new more visceral way.”
― Katy Tur, Rough Draft: A Memoir

“Television journalism is the worst job on the planet like motherhood is the worst job on the planet. I still worry about the future and failing. I worry about my kids and my country, but I remind myself that I’m not in control. Journalism can’t save us. Perfect parenting can’t save us. Our lives are one long rough draft and none of us will know how we’ve done till many years from now, long after the memories have gone cold and maybe not even then. All we can do is try.”
― Katy Tur, Rough Draft: A Memoir

“Journalism is the world's best career for avoiding your own problems.”
― Katy Tur, Rough Draft: A Memoir