“Maybe it's easier to think about dishonesty and what kind of trouble you can get into as a writer when love and honesty collide and you sidestep that collision, either because you want to protect somebody or you want to blame somebody - which are the usual impulses in love: protection and blame, frequently at the same time - so you don't exactly tell the truth.” ThinkingWantKindTroubleHonestyEasierProtectBlameProtectionImpulseTelling The TruthUsualDishonestyCollisionCollideLove And Honesty Author:Leigh Newman
“There's a kind of intimacy that happens between a mother and an only child. Which only gets more intimate when it's between a mother and only daughter.” KindChildrenHappensMotherDaughterIntimacyIntimateOnly ChildOnly Daughter Author:Leigh Newman
“The reason I could fit in with so many different kinds of people was that I had no self. And then the problem is, if you don't have a self, how can you be with other people? Who the hell are you with them?” PeopleIfsKindDifferentSelfReasonProblemHellFitDifferent Kinds Author:Leigh Newman
