Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb is an American author known as the writer of the novels She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, both of which were selected for Oprah's Book Club. He was the director of the Writing Center at Norwich Free Academy in Norwich from 1989 to 1998 and has taught Creative Writing in the English Department at the University of Connecticut...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 October 1950
CountryUnited States of America
writing way different
I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.
drawing lions wave
As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.
stories modern myth
I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
students
I love the most the students with troubled lives.
denial driven profit
Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.
mirrors stories ifs
But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?
grief silent
The greatest griefs are silent.
memories rivers understanding
The point is this: that the stream of memory may lead you to the river of understanding. And understanding, in turn, may be a tributary to the river of forgiveness.
thinking blessing sorrow
But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...
adventure what-if taste
What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.
two-sides stories remember
Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that.
destruction renovation
With destruction comes renovation.
american-author drink people
Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.