I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary. Barbara Kingsolver bluntlycommentarypolitical Change image and share on social
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. Barbara Kingsolver americaninstitutionlibrary 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
You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm. Barbara Kingsolver bookdaydeliver 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
Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. Barbara Kingsolver bravedeepembrace share on social
The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing. Barbara Kingsolver blesschildhoodlot Change image and share on social
