93 Quotes by Eula Biss

I guess I could say that I pursue questions that interest me in ways that interest me on the page, but that's awfully vague.

I had already drafted the manuscript that would become my first book by the time I graduated from college, but I had no idea what to do with it.

I think that protecting children at the age where they're most vulnerable against diseases that are highly contagious is prudent.

My mother wrote poetry when I was young - I have an early memory of the sound of her typewriter - and my father told me inventive bedtime stories.

My own thinking is often clarified and extended by talking with students.

One of the shortcomings of our medical system is that doctors have very little time with their patients.

Our community of contagion really is a world community.

Our constitution got built around the idea of minority protection.

There's a lot of essay writing that could pass for journalism and journalism that could pass for essay. Some of it is just taxonomy.