I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer. Mary Karr aircarecomfort Change image and share on social
The emotional stakes a memoirist bets with could not be higher, and it's physically enervating. I nap on a daily basis like a cross-country trucker. Mary Karr basisbetcountry Change image and share on social
Poetry is for me Eucharistic. You take someone else's suffering into your body, their passion comes into your body, and in doing that you commune, you take communion, you make a community with others. Mary Karr bodycommunecommunion Change image and share on social
I'm not nearly smart enough or imaginative enough to tackle the novel form. Never happen. Mary Karr formhappenimaginative Change image and share on social
For days on end, I avoid the Web, never logging in until about two or three, after I've written all morning. On a good week, I don't go online till after Wednesday, so four or five days might lapse without my checking e-mail. Mary Karr avoidcheckday share on social
There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety. Mary Karr dreamsobrietysucceed Change image and share on social
I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years. Mary Karr overnightpublishsuccess Change image and share on social
I believe in God, but even if you don't, you can believe in a self, the person who is innately who you are. Once you fully become that person, then everything you do will be blessed. Mary Karr blessfullygod Change image and share on social
Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me. Mary Karr ageattentionbook Change image and share on social
Poetry privileges music and is aesthetically more challenging. Prose privileges information and is emotionally more challenging. Mary Karr aestheticallychallengeemotionally Change image and share on social
