“All our parents have levels of deviousness. We're driven to write about this discrepancy between the bright shining selves they invented and the monsters lurking underneath.” WritingSelfParentLevelsShiningDrivenMonstersLurkingDiscrepanciesDiscrepancies BetweenDeviousness Author:Francine du Plessix Gray
“As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend.” PeopleThinkingWritingMemoirTrendsCatchingCatching OnCoattails Author:Francine du Plessix Gray
“We write out of revenge against reality, to dream and enter the lives of others.” WritingDreamRealityRevengeLives Of Others Author:Francine du Plessix Gray
“I write because in the act of creation there comes that mysterious, abundant sense of being both parent and child; I am giving birth to an Other and simultaneously being reborn as a child in the playground of creation.” GivingWritingChildrenParentCreationBirthMysteriousPlaygroundsRebornGiving BirthChildren And Parents Author:Francine du Plessix Gray
“One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie.” WritingLyingInterestingLevelsFictionGreaterDeeperInsightSubconsciousWriting Fiction Author:Francine du Plessix Gray
