Joyce Maynard Quotes
Top 49 wise famous quotes and sayings by Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I had known there had been a serial killer on Mount Tamalpais, and it felt so incongruous in such a beautiful, peaceful spot.
The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.
The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.
The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me.
Some family's boat capsized at Lake Winnipesaukee the day before and now they were looking for the father's body.
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.
Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.
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.
Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power.
No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget.
It's a great thing when a man knows how to dance, she said. When a man can dance, the world is his oyster.
Adele, Henry's Mother
Adele, Henry's Mother
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.
Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.
[On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in the door.
There was a way of looking at the world where practically every single thing that happened had some kind of double meaning.
If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.
Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.
I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said how we should go about preventing this.
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?
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.
Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.
If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.