American - Writer | November 5, 1953 -
More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue.
Joyce Maynard
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Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.
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You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.
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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.
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There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.
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The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me.
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One life is not enough for me. I want to go lots of places.
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I do not outline. There are writers I know and count as my friends who certainly do it the other way, but for me, part of the adventure is not knowing how it's going to turn out.
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