Having a book is somewhat like having a baby, as many woman writers have observed before me: the conception, the long preparation, the wait, the growing heaviness (not of body in this case but of the spirit and the manuscript) toward the end, the initial delight at the sight of the product, fully formed and seemingly perfect, and then the usual postpartum depression. What will people whose opinion I care about, and those whose views I don't value but have weight in the world of reader, think of it?
Having a book is somewhat like having a baby, as many woman writers have observed before me: the conception, the long preparation, the wait, the grow… - Doris Grumbach
Having a book is somewhat like having a baby, as many woman writers have observed before me: the conception, the long preparation, the wait, the grow…
- Doris Grumbach
These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . . Sontag makes a wonderful s… - Doris Grumbach
These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . . Sontag makes a wonderful s…
My old friend, water, my good companion, my beloved mother and father: I am its most natural offspring. - Doris Grumbach
My old friend, water, my good companion, my beloved mother and father: I am its most natural offspring.
Searching for the self when I was entirely alone was hazardous. What if I found not so much a great emptiness as a space full of unpleasant contents,… - Doris Grumbach
Searching for the self when I was entirely alone was hazardous. What if I found not so much a great emptiness as a space full of unpleasant contents,…
What others regard as retreat from them or rejection of them is not those things at all but instead a breeding ground for greater friendship, a cultu… - Doris Grumbach
What others regard as retreat from them or rejection of them is not those things at all but instead a breeding ground for greater friendship, a cultu…
My eyes glaze over at a writer solving tiny problems. - Doris Grumbach
My eyes glaze over at a writer solving tiny problems.
Talk uses up ideas. Once I have spoken them aloud, they are lost to me, dissipated into the noisy air like smoke. Only if I bury them, like bulbs, in… - Doris Grumbach
Talk uses up ideas. Once I have spoken them aloud, they are lost to me, dissipated into the noisy air like smoke. Only if I bury them, like bulbs, in…
Writers are entirely egocentric. To them, few things in their lives have meaning or importance unless they give promise of serving some creative purp… - Doris Grumbach
Writers are entirely egocentric. To them, few things in their lives have meaning or importance unless they give promise of serving some creative purp…
Praise requires constant renewal and expansion. - Doris Grumbach
Praise requires constant renewal and expansion.
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