Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes childhood essay fiction
Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up. Jill Lepore adolescenceartifactcitizen Change image and share on social
The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War. Jill Lepore bettermentdominateenlightenment Change image and share on social
Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests. Jill Lepore academicacceptconduct Change image and share on social
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. Juno Temple childhooddressfancy Change image and share on social
I'll be writing essays long after I've stopped writing fiction. There is this unusually broad range in the non-fiction, but if you look at what I'm capable of as a novelist, I'm more limited. Geoff Dyer broadcapableessay Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social