Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for my first novel - that was on my answering phone message when I got back from the hospital with my first child. Barbara Kingsolver agentanswerback share on social
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. Barbara Kingsolver greatlawmotherhood Change image and share on social
It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water. Barbara Kingsolver greengrowsafe Change image and share on social
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else. Barbara Kingsolver begincomputerdesk share on social
To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is! Barbara Kingsolver basiccrydebris Change image and share on social
Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin. Barbara Kingsolver complicatememoryrelative Change image and share on social
When you pick up a novel from the bed side table, you put down your own life at the same time and you become another person for the duration. Barbara Kingsolver beddurationlife Change image and share on social
For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me. Barbara Kingsolver dawneagerearly share on social
I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political. Barbara Kingsolver artfailgood Change image and share on social
Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them. Barbara Kingsolver constructdisciplineenormous Change image and share on social