To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a v…

- Rebecca Mcclanahan

Effective metaphor does more than shed light on the two things being compared. It actually brings to the mind's eye something that has never before b…

- Rebecca Mcclanahan

I fall into books the way I fall into lust - wholly, hungrily.

- Rebecca Mcclanahan

Of the five senses, smell is the one with the best memory.

- Rebecca Mcclanahan

Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pieces of our lives and distills them.

- Rebecca Mcclanahan