I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother. When I asked my mother, ‘How do I tell people about you?’ her answer was, ‘Tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
My advice to anyone is to figure out what you’re good at – what it is that you love doing the most in life – and figure out a way to make a living from it. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
I’m a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I’m a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else’s voice. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She’s an illustrator living in Manhattan. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
During recess at school, I’d slip back into the classroom and find something in some other kid’s lunch bag that wouldn’t be missed – a package of crackers, an apple – and I’d gulp it down so quickly I would barely be able to taste it. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
I was going to some fabulous party, and my taxi got stuck in traffic, and I looked out the window, and I saw a homeless woman rooting through the garbage, and I realized it was my mother. And I was so mortified that I ducked down, and I hid. Jeannette Walls Read Quote
