When we were 15, my girlfriend Ruth Kaplan and I applied to the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City. We were accepted into a program that placed us with a lovely Mexican family. We lived with them for six weeks while studying Spanish poetry and Mexican anthropology. Mary Doria Russell acceptamericanaanthropology share on social
John Henry Holliday didn't have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves. Mary Doria Russell compassiondeservedoc share on social
Who doesn't love a makeover? Even my husband watches 'What Not To Wear.' Mary Doria Russell husbandlovemakeover Change image and share on social
Maybe if I'd studied writing instead of anthropology, I'd be more sensible. You know - pick a genre, follow the rules, stay in the box - but let's face it. Sensible people don't major in anthropology. Mary Doria Russell anthropologyboxface Change image and share on social
The Doc Holliday of legend is a gambler and gunman who appears out of nowhere in 1881, arriving in Tombstone with a bad reputation and a hooker named Big Nose Kate. Mary Doria Russell appeararrivebad Change image and share on social
I had a doctorate in biological anthropology. I got a post-doc at CWRU dental school in 1983 teaching gross anatomy. Mary Doria Russell anatomyanthropologybiological Change image and share on social
Instead of taking a year off, I started 'Dreamers of the Day' exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for 'A Thread of Grace' to the publisher! Mary Doria Russell daydreamergrace Change image and share on social
The characters I'm most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You don't see them regularly anymore, but you still love them and keep in touch. Mary Doria Russell anymorecharacteremotionally Change image and share on social
In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically. Mary Doria Russell alphabeticallyfilergeologically Change image and share on social
Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next. Mary Doria Russell adolescentcolorevent Change image and share on social
