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. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
If people choose to live their life in a way that does not confront the more troubling aspects of their experience, that’s fine, if it works for them. But it will probably make them uncomfortable if they come up against somebody like me. So they just shouldn’t! They shouldn’t read my work! Joyce Maynard Read Quote
When people ask what I write about, that’s what I tell them: ‘The drama of human relationships.’ I’m not even close to running out of material. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose mother ‘worked’ at anything besides raising her children. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it’s like to be 12 years old. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me. Joyce Maynard Read Quote
