Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories. Siri Hustvedt arriveassumecultural Change image and share on social
It's hard to penetrate characters who are very cut off and lack empathy and to do it with sympathy. It's so easy to make a damaged character repugnant. Siri Hustvedt charactercutdamage Change image and share on social
Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully. Siri Hustvedt assescarefullychild Change image and share on social
It is tempting to think of this form of insomnia, the inability to fall asleep, as a disease of agency and control: the inability to relinquish high self-reflexive consciousness for the vulnerable, ignorant regions of slumber in which we know not what we do. Siri Hustvedt agencyasleepconsciousness share on social
I have suffered from migraines since childhood and have long been curious about my own aching head, my dizziness, my divine lifting feelings, my sparklers and black holes, and my single visual hallucination of a little pink man and a pink ox on the floor of my bedroom. Siri Hustvedt achebedroomblack share on social
My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family: my husband and daughter, but also my mother, my three sisters, and their families. Siri Hustvedt daughterfamilygreat Change image and share on social
I love making up visual works of art in language. I get to be an artist without actually being an artist in that sense. Siri Hustvedt artartistlanguage 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
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
Sigmund Freud was very much a creature of his time. He did not 'invent' the unconscious. Siri Hustvedt creaturefreudinvent Change image and share on social