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" Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity. "

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" Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals. "

Joyce Maynard

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Person

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" When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material. "

" I've had some wonderful successes and some extreme disappointments in my career and my life. "

" I wonder what it is that the people who criticize me for telling this story truly object to: is it that I have dared to tell the story? Or that the story turns out not to be the one they wanted to hear? "

" The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval. "

" If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself. "

" The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. "

" I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama. "

" My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer? "

" It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful. "

" Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. "

" More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue. "

" It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects. "

" I continued to protect him with my silence. "

" To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it. "

" Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. "

Joyce Maynard

Man

Women

" You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know. "

" The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell. "

" At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood. "

" A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen. "

" A person who deserves my loyalty receives it. "

" The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families. "

" Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones. "

" Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old. "

" The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn. "

" I do not outline. There are writers I know and count as my friends who certainly do it the other way, but for me, part of the adventure is not knowing how it's going to turn out. "

" I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. "

" I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves. "

" One life is not enough for me. I want to go lots of places. "

" I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought, 'God, is that all I've been?' I didn't want to be reduced to that. "

Joyce Maynard

Time

God