In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain. Barbara Kingsolver anticareercontrol Change image and share on social
There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe. Barbara Kingsolver behavehistoryimpact Change image and share on social
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth. Barbara Kingsolver believebiblemissionary Change image and share on social
People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible. Barbara Kingsolver makenovelpeople Change image and share on social
It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. Barbara Kingsolver buildmemorysurprise Change image and share on social
Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people. Barbara Kingsolver behavecreationempathy Change image and share on social
It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer. Barbara Kingsolver controversialcouragedread Change image and share on social
Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments. Barbara Kingsolver childcultureday Change image and share on social
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
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
