I’ve always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done while sitting in coffee-stained pajamas in front of a computer rather than prowling around a huge stage in sweaty leather pants, so I have to get my kicks vicariously. Kate Christensen Read Quote
Chan Marshall has one of the most haunting, wrenching voices of any current singer, male or female. Kate Christensen Read Quote
Iggy Pop has a voice that’s somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don’t know how he does what he does. Kate Christensen Read Quote
I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another. Kate Christensen Read Quote
My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening. Kate Christensen Read Quote
Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power. Kate Christensen Read Quote
Blue Plate Special’ is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject. Kate Christensen Read Quote
In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side. Kate Christensen Read Quote
