64 Quotes by Kathryn Harrison

In terms of going back and forth between fiction and nonfiction - in which I'll include memoir, biography, and true crime - is that one relieves the other.

I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives.

How many artists subscribe to the notion that creative success depends on input from the fickle muse or her modern avatar, mental illness? Probably very few.

Don’t portray yourself as who you want to be. Portray yourself as who you are.

Scars are stories, history written on the body

For me, writing is inseparable from thinking. I could say the entire undertaking is a vast cerebral construct against my demons. It's the thing that I love. It's my identity.

We’re taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our children give us. It’s they who love us helplessly, no matter what or who we are.

Scars are stories, history written on the body.

For me, writing is inseparable from thinking. I could say the entire undertaking is a vast cerebral construct against my demons. It’s the thing that I love. It’s my identity.