Quotes by Joyce Maynard

Joyce Maynard

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.

Cutting

Long

Wrath

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead… that I’d finally found my sport.

Children

Class

Sports

For a parent, it’s hard to recognize the significance of your work when you’re immersed in the mundane details. Few of us, as we run the bath water or spread the peanut butter on the bread, proclaim proudly, “I’m making my contribution to the future of the planet.” But with the exception of global hunger, few jobs in the world of paychecks and promotions compare in significance to the job of parent.

Jobs

Running

Water

I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.

Ability

Levels

Stories

I continued to protect him with my silence.

Protect

Silence

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.

Adventure

Knowing

Way

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

Opera

Soap

Thinking

I’d known enough flush times and lean ones to understand that money came and went. And that one day I’d also lose my looks, my seemingly boundless energy and maybe the ability to catch the eye of an attractive man and the audacity to Rollerblade. My name would be forgotten. So would bad reviews, and good ones. But loving a child is something that lasts. Long after all the rest is gone, that’s what endures.

Children

Eye

Men

Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.

Children

Inspirational

Rest Of Life

In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first, to better assist the children with theirs. The same tactic is necessary on terra firma. There’s no way of sustaining our children if we don’t first rescue ourselves. I don’t call that selfish behavior. I call it love.

Children

Mother

Selfish

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Adventure

Age

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Being Free

Believe

Calling

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Children

Class

Comedy

Complicated

Cutting

Drug

Expectations

Eye

Fall

Family

Giving Up

Home

Illusion

Inspirational

Jobs

Joy

Keeping Secrets

Knowing

Letters

Levels

Long

Men

Might

Mother

Night

Opera

Pain

Parent

People

Perfection

Persons

Portraits

Protect

Real

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Quotes by Joyce Maynard

Joyce Maynard

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.

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead… that I’d finally found my sport.

I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.

I continued to protect him with my silence.

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.

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

Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.

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