- Nov 07, 2020
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- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
You lose something in not being rooted, but you gain something by seeing the world differently. It's both a loss and a gift.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you could just do something else - but nothing else makes me as happy.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I digress a lot - it's how I experience the world. I would like to write in a way that will convey that to the reader, but also I need clarity.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't make a character do something they wouldn't do.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because we moved so much, I was always having to adapt and work out the lay of the land. So I felt envious of those who did not have to try.
- Displacement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Place and displacement have always been central for me. A type of insecurity goes with that: you are always following the cues, like learning the dance steps when the dance is already under way.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
Years ago, I worked in a newspaper office, and there were men that would have fits of temper, and it was just accepted that that's who they were, and everyone would laugh about it, but if a woman got upset or angry, something wasn't right: she was 'hysterical' or 'a little unhinged.' It didn't have the same sort of connotation at all.
- Books
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a reader, I have always enjoyed 'ranty' books, but they are all written by men.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you live in a family or have five roommates, there's some sort of reality check, but when you live alone, there's a lot more leeway for your fantasy life to be more and more a part of your everyday life.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been interested in that relationship between what happens in our head and what happens in the world.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Strauss allowed me to be a writer. Without it, 'The Emperor's Children' would not exist. When I received the award, I was teaching, had one baby, and was pregnant with another. There was no time for writing.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Awards bolster your confidence in wonderful ways. But they aren't the world.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while still respecting the European backgrounds of my relatives.
- Direct Contact
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing with kids is an adventure. It seems like someone always has the flu or pink-eye. I mean, you don't even have to be in direct contact with anyone to get pink-eye. But for parents who write, flexibility becomes essential, and as long as I have a pad of paper and a pen, I can write anywhere. Starbucks is fine.
- Perfection
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- Nov 07, 2020