"As a novelist, I mined my history, my……" — Ayelet Waldman
"As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful."
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Ayelet Waldman
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85 Quotes by Ayelet Waldman
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The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child.…
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When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.'…
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I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities…
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The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline.
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I had a second trimester abortion. I was pregnant with a much-wanted child who was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality.…
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Aborting my baby is the most serious of the many maternal crimes I tally in my head when I am…
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By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day…
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Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I…
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Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.
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I love my husband more than I love my children,
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Think about it, I say. How many straight men maintain inappropriately intimate relationships with their mothers? How many shop with…
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For a couple of months there I was shrieking like a banshee,
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
— Saint Augustine
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties…
— Sai Baba
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What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,…
— Jensen Ackles
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary…
— Edward Bach
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I tend to be really pragmatic, but ultimately tend to be attracted to people who pull me into more spontaneity.…
— Amy Adams
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I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
— Christian Bale
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My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But…
— Drew Barrymore
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Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes…
— Gregory Bateson
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Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by…
— Martha Beck
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called…
— Alfred Adler
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You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.
— Stella Adler
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