I love any book that makes my family seem almost normal. Kathryn Harrison bookfamilylove Change image and share on social
I was raised by maternal grandparents who were born in 1890 and 1899, respectively. They were British subjects; George V was the cousin of the tsar. The Romanovs were very real in their household. Kathryn Harrison bearbritishcousin Change image and share on social
In terms of going back and forth between fiction and nonfiction - in which I'll include memoir, biography, and true crime - is that one relieves the other. Kathryn Harrison backbiographycrime Change image and share on social
I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me. Kathryn Harrison bookcharacterevolve Change image and share on social
Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap. Kathryn Harrison chargeclaustrophobicconspicuous Change image and share on social
I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing. Kathryn Harrison workworldwrite Change image and share on social
I have at last admitted that not only was I angry with my mother, but, in fact, I wanted to destroy her as a child. And I was so concerned to be a woman who was different from my mother that I had this vast architecture of rules. Kathryn Harrison admitangryarchitecture share on social
'Madame Bovary' advanced slowly, as slowly as it would have to have, given an author who held himself accountable to each word, that it be the right word, of which there could be only one. Kathryn Harrison accountableadvanceauthor Change image and share on social
I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters. Kathryn Harrison blottercrimeinvestigative Change image and share on social
We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not beauty; to make sense where there was none; to bring order out of chaos - these are the promises art makes. Kathryn Harrison alchemyanguishart share on social
