Kathryn Harrison quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Kathryn Harrison

Kathryn Harrison Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Kathryn Harrison on Wise Famous Quotes.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I'll never have so compelling a figure within my embrace as Joan of Arc; there will never be a book whose last chapter is so very hard to get right.

I'll never have so compelling a figure within my embrace as Joan of Arc; there will never be a book whose last chapter is so very hard to get right.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: My days are as long as despair can make them.

My days are as long as despair can make them.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I work in a small study on the top floor of a brownstone in Brooklyn - it's about 75 square feet, 11 taken up by book shelves along one wall.

I work in a small study on the top floor of a brownstone in Brooklyn - it's about 75 square feet, 11 taken up by book shelves along one wall.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me.

I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Because the kind of nonfiction I write has a plot, the events and transactions that make up a life, nonfiction offers me a break from plotting.

Because the kind of nonfiction I write has a plot, the events and transactions that make up a life, nonfiction offers me a break from plotting.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Don't portray yourself as who you want to be. Portray yourself as who you are.

Don't portray yourself as who you want to be. Portray yourself as who you are.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: For years, the place I really lived - the world I watched, the one I thought and wrote about - was 15th-century France.

For years, the place I really lived - the world I watched, the one I thought and wrote about - was 15th-century France.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I wrote 'The Kiss' 12 hours a day for six months.

I wrote 'The Kiss' 12 hours a day for six months.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Shorter work - personal essays and book reviews - allow me to take a break from working on a book, which is good for the book and for its author.

Shorter work - personal essays and book reviews - allow me to take a break from working on a book, which is good for the book and for its author.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I love any book that makes my family seem almost normal.

I love any book that makes my family seem almost normal.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Rasputin's daughter understands the revolution. She would have been an outsider, a spectator in the royal family and to the revolution.

Rasputin's daughter understands the revolution. She would have been an outsider, a spectator in the royal family and to the revolution.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I used to enjoy reading true crime, but I've discovered that I don't have the journalism nose for blood.

I used to enjoy reading true crime, but I've discovered that I don't have the journalism nose for blood.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: A lot of writers dwell on their relationships with their mothers, but only a few are worth reading.

A lot of writers dwell on their relationships with their mothers, but only a few are worth reading.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it's mostly about the reviewer!

How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it's mostly about the reviewer!

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Scars are stories, history written on the body

Scars are stories, history written on the body

Kathryn Harrison quotes: The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.

The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing.

I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I reread 'Nicholas and Alexandra' in my early twenties, and I never forgot the story.

I reread 'Nicholas and Alexandra' in my early twenties, and I never forgot the story.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Tears water our eyes."Remember," mom soothes, "like the beautiful blooms beneath the weeds, Nana is still Nana underneath.

Tears water our eyes.

"Remember," mom soothes, "like the beautiful blooms beneath the weeds, Nana is still Nana underneath.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: When I was eleven, my mother gave me Robert K. Massie's 'Nicholas and Alexandra.' It was the first 'grownup' book I read, and I loved it.

When I was eleven, my mother gave me Robert K. Massie's 'Nicholas and Alexandra.' It was the first 'grownup' book I read, and I loved it.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: Like all holy figures whose earthly existence separates them from the broad mass of humanity, a saint is a story, and Joan of Arc's is like no other.

Like all holy figures whose earthly existence separates them from the broad mass of humanity, a saint is a story, and Joan of Arc's is like no other.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A's. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University.

I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A's. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I admire cool renderings of hot topics.

I admire cool renderings of hot topics.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.

It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.

Kathryn Harrison quotes: I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives.

I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives.