Joyce Maynard Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.”

“The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.”

“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.”

“Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on.”

“When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.”

“At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.”

“I've had some wonderful successes and some extreme disappointments in my career and my life.”

“I continued to protect him with my silence.”

“Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose mother 'worked' at anything besides raising her children.”

“I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.”