All human states are organic brain states - happiness, sadness, fear, lust, dreaming, doing math problems and writing novels - and our brains are not static. Siri Hustvedt braindreamfear Change image and share on social
There is no reason we should expect young children to enter the nocturnal darkness of sleep and dreams without help. Siri Hustvedt childdarknessdream Change image and share on social
I bought myself a rubber brain, familiarized myself with its many parts, listened intently, and read more. In fact, I read obsessively, as my husband has told me repeatedly. He has even suggested that my rapacious reading resembles an addiction. Siri Hustvedt addictionbrainbuy share on social
Perception plays a vital role in the diagnosis of bipolar illness. Symptoms are perceived through the categories of psychiatric medicine at a given moment in history, categories which are continually shifting and being named or renamed. Siri Hustvedt bipolarcategorycontinually share on social
I am always suspicious of those who impose 'rules' on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning, and every parent responds to a particular child, not some generalized infant or youngster. Siri Hustvedt childgeneralizeimpose share on social
I watched 'Holiday' in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the staircase in a huge Hollywood mansion. Siri Hustvedt collegefantasyhepburn Change image and share on social
There was a film class in my high school in Northfield, Minnesota, which was very unusual. I saw my first Buster Keaton film there, aged about 15. It made a gigantic impression on me. Siri Hustvedt agebustclass Change image and share on social
I am not a physician, but I am deeply interested in diagnostic categories and have read extensively in the history of the subject. Siri Hustvedt categorydeeplydiagnostic Change image and share on social
I'd been writing poems for many years, but most of them I didn't like. Then, when I was 23, I wrote one I did like, sent it to 'The Paris Review' - the highest publication I could think of - and they accepted it. No other moment in my literary life has quite come close to that. Siri Hustvedt acceptclosehigh share on social
None of us is immune to suggestion. We are social beings and live in a social world. Siri Hustvedt beingimmunelive Change image and share on social
