"Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful."
― Joyce Maynard
Topic(s):
Experience
More From Joyce Maynard
- "I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter’s age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves."
- "Teach a child to play solitaire, and she’ll be able to entertain herself when there’s no one around. Teach her tennis, and she’ll know what to do when she’s on a court. But raise her to feel comfortable in nature, and the whole planet is her home."
- "Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."
More In Experience
- "No characters in ‘Stay Close,’ including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer."― Harlan Coben
- "You don’t know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don’t have a child, you don’t know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever."― Regina King
- "I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime."― Daniel Day-Lewis