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Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Memory is a powerful thing for a writer.

Memory is a powerful thing for a writer.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I grew up on popular music, and rock-and-roll expresses very deep feelings of those people who don't have a lot.

I grew up on popular music, and rock-and-roll expresses very deep feelings of those people who don't have a lot.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: In the country in Kentucky, people are just amazed that anybody in New York wants to read about their lives.

In the country in Kentucky, people are just amazed that anybody in New York wants to read about their lives.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: 'In Country' was also made into a film, which opened the story up to a broader audience.

'In Country' was also made into a film, which opened the story up to a broader audience.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: One reason to fashion a story is to lift a grudge.

One reason to fashion a story is to lift a grudge.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: The way I see it, a clever cat prowls but calls home occasionally.

The way I see it, a clever cat prowls but calls home occasionally.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I wanted to be somebody, go somewhere, do something with my life.

I wanted to be somebody, go somewhere, do something with my life.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I used my NEA fellowship to write my novel, 'In Country,' which was published by Harper & Row in 1985.

I used my NEA fellowship to write my novel, 'In Country,' which was published by Harper & Row in 1985.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I like to play with words and the sounds of words - that's extremely important to me.

I like to play with words and the sounds of words - that's extremely important to me.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: It was important for me to understand who I am and where I came from. To get a hold on why I do certain things.

It was important for me to understand who I am and where I came from. To get a hold on why I do certain things.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.

The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Some people will stay at home and be content there. Others are born to run. It's that conflict that fascinates me.

Some people will stay at home and be content there. Others are born to run. It's that conflict that fascinates me.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I don't know, it is a very quiet rebellion. [ ... ] I don't get angry. I sit quietly in the corner and say 'no'.

I don't know, it is a very quiet rebellion. [ ... ] I don't get angry. I sit quietly in the corner and say 'no'.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Bruce Springsteen's world is where everybody did these terrible jobs, if they had jobs at all, and he wanted something better.

Bruce Springsteen's world is where everybody did these terrible jobs, if they had jobs at all, and he wanted something better.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I grew up on the precursors to rock and roll, rhythm and blues.

I grew up on the precursors to rock and roll, rhythm and blues.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: In the early Seventies, I started writing a little autobiographical novel about my childhood - I made it into a mystery story.

In the early Seventies, I started writing a little autobiographical novel about my childhood - I made it into a mystery story.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Reading can be just feeding, but smart reading takes us further. The classroom is one way to go deeper, but we can't stay in school forever.

Reading can be just feeding, but smart reading takes us further. The classroom is one way to go deeper, but we can't stay in school forever.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I was very bookish and shy. I didn't have playmates, ever.

I was very bookish and shy. I didn't have playmates, ever.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Physicists must feel they are in the most exciting field in the world. Their minds must be afire.

Physicists must feel they are in the most exciting field in the world. Their minds must be afire.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Writers want to be reread. They want to think that their words don't just flash by but deserve some reflection.

Writers want to be reread. They want to think that their words don't just flash by but deserve some reflection.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I was too shy to do anything but read, but there was nobody to tell me what to read.

I was too shy to do anything but read, but there was nobody to tell me what to read.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: In the 1980s, Vietnam emerged in our culture as a legitimate and compelling topic for discussion rather than something to be hidden in shame.

In the 1980s, Vietnam emerged in our culture as a legitimate and compelling topic for discussion rather than something to be hidden in shame.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Reading is so private, and it is often a reader's habit to finish a book, close the covers, and plunge into the next one without a backward glance.

Reading is so private, and it is often a reader's habit to finish a book, close the covers, and plunge into the next one without a backward glance.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Writing a novel about World War II and the French Resistance was a challenge both sobering and thrilling.

Writing a novel about World War II and the French Resistance was a challenge both sobering and thrilling.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: It was a romantic dream to be a writer. It seemed like a calling.

It was a romantic dream to be a writer. It seemed like a calling.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Most of the time I was in the Northeast, I lived in the country, and I think that helped me to discover my material for writing.

Most of the time I was in the Northeast, I lived in the country, and I think that helped me to discover my material for writing.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself.

One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I never, ever talk about writing to anyone at all.

I never, ever talk about writing to anyone at all.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: 'In Country' is about a high school girl's quest for knowledge about her father, who died in Vietnam just before she was born.

'In Country' is about a high school girl's quest for knowledge about her father, who died in Vietnam just before she was born.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: You have to realize that, when it comes to the South, we carry around a lot of baggage. The South lost the war, and I spent years denying my culture.

You have to realize that, when it comes to the South, we carry around a lot of baggage. The South lost the war, and I spent years denying my culture.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: I'm not very articulate. The reason I write is because I don't talk.

I'm not very articulate. The reason I write is because I don't talk.

Bobbie Ann Mason quotes: Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.

Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.