I think in terms of the parents that I had, I sort of drew a bad hand, or bad karma; who knows? And I did have a family that was complicated, with some quite eccentric members. So there was a lot of grist there.
From Kathryn Harrison
The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.
I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives.
I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.
I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives.
Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.
I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing.
I don't care what people think about me. I care what people think about my work. As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own.
I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A's. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University.
I remember seeing my father only twice as a child for brief visits. As I grew up, I invented a father who was larger than life - stronger, smarter, more handsome, and even holier than other men.
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