Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard
Daphne Joyce Maynardis an American novelist and journalist. She received much attention from the press with the publication of her 1998 memoir At Home in the World, in which she wrote that she had lived with the writer J. D. Salinger when he was 53 and she was 18...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth5 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
perfection world illusion
Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.
beautiful peaceful serial-killer
I had known there had been a serial killer on Mount Tamalpais, and it felt so incongruous in such a beautiful, peaceful spot.
levels stories ability
I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.
responsibility years pleasers
For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.
home stories redemption
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.
giving-up men age
Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.
stories would-be boundaries
If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.
drama doors ordinary
The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.
remember forget sometimes
No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget.
real believe drug
The real drug, I came to believe, was love.
adventure knowing way
I do not outline. There are writers I know and count as my friends who certainly do it the other way, but for me, part of the adventure is not knowing how it's going to turn out.
tragedy comedy source
More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue.
beautiful art fall
The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.
children educational reality
One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in your child'slife is often messy, smelly and exhausting to deal with.