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What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others share them, and in the process of working these through, I hope to entertain.

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Joyce Maynard

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.

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Wherever it is you make your home, there is always this other place, this other person, calling to you. Come to me. Come back.

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

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

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Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.

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In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first, to better assist the children with theirs. The same tactic is necessary on terra firma. There's no way of sustaining our children if we don't first rescue ourselves. I don't call that selfish behavior. I call it love.

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