American - Novelist | 1966 -
I'd wish for my work to be remembered rather than myself.
Claire Messud
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In a globalised world, so many of us move around so much. You lose things, but you also gain things - or hope to gain them.
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It's still unacceptable for women to have negative emotions, especially anger, and I was trying to write against that.
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If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble.
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Carmiel Banasky, a writer like no other, is a talent to watch.
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You lose something in not being rooted, but you gain something by seeing the world differently. It's both a loss and a gift.
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When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you could just do something else - but nothing else makes me as happy.
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I digress a lot - it's how I experience the world. I would like to write in a way that will convey that to the reader, but also I need clarity.
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You can't make a character do something they wouldn't do.
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Because we moved so much, I was always having to adapt and work out the lay of the land. So I felt envious of those who did not have to try.
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I was someone who believed that every day should be different from the last.
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Years ago, I worked in a newspaper office, and there were men that would have fits of temper, and it was just accepted that that's who they were, and everyone would laugh about it, but if a woman got upset or angry, something wasn't right: she was 'hysterical' or 'a little unhinged.' It didn't have the same sort of connotation at all.
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