Quería trabajar y vivir sola. Eso me convirtió en sexualmente sospechosa. Después deseé tener un hijo sin que para ello tuviera que compartir mi cuerpo ni mi vida. También eso me convirtió en sexualme...
What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in a...
IT (The country) IS HEADED TOWARD OVERSIMPLIFICATION. YOU WANT TO SEE A PRESIDENT OF THE FUTURE? TURN ON ANY TELEVISION ON ANY SUNDAY MORNING - FIND ONE OF THOSE HOLY ROLLERS: THAT'S HIM, THAT'S THE N...
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.
Once the state starts providing, it feels free to hand out the rules, too! Larch blurted hastily. ...In a better world... she began patiently.No, not in a better world! he cried. In this one--in this...
Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.
Keep passing the open windows.
If we live long enough, we become caricatures of ourselves.
If pride is a sin ... moral pride is the greatest sin.
And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he break, or replace--and with what confidence?
I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a history teacher, and he loved the Russian novels. There were always books around.
Half my life is an act of revision.
We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.
People are like that .... They need to make their own worst experiences universal. It gives them a kind of support.’ And who can blame them? It is just infuriating to argue with someone like that; bec...
Everybody dies … The thing is, to have a life before we die.
Ever since the Christmas of '53, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can...
– with his own very male instincts, which were otherwise
Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything.
Life is serious but art is fun!
No matter what my fucking last words were, please say they were these: 'I have always known that the pursuit of excellence is a lethal habit.