Top 99 Quotes by Siri Hustvedt

About Siri Hustvedt

These are some quotes by American author Siri Hustvedt Novelist, who was born on February 19, 1955.

Most of us accept that although we may believe our dreams to be real events, upon waking, we can tell the difference between nocturnal hallucinations and reality.

Most of us accept that although we may believe our dreams to be real events, upon waking, we can tell the difference between nocturnal hallucinations and reality.

Siri Hustvedt

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

Siri Hustvedt

I garden. It's very relaxing to me.

I garden. It's very relaxing to me.

Siri Hustvedt

We all live in a culture that is continually isolating feminine and masculine aspects, even when they're not related to people.

We all live in a culture that is continually isolating feminine and masculine aspects, even when they're not related to people.

Siri Hustvedt

My feeling is, when you are writing an essay, you don't make anything up. This may be a very Protestant notion, and I'm aware of the fact that memory is fallible, that if I had access to films or some absolute documentary evidence of what happened, it might look different; we get confused and fuzzy.

Siri Hustvedt

Flashbacks rarely involve language. Mine certainly didn't. They were visual, motor, and sensory, and they took place in a relentless, horrifying present.

Flashbacks rarely involve language. Mine certainly didn't. They were visual, motor, and sensory, and they took place in a relentless, horrifying present.

Siri Hustvedt

When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor.

When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor.

Siri Hustvedt

I was 13 when I had my first bout of insomnia. My family was in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the summer, and day never really became night.

I was 13 when I had my first bout of insomnia. My family was in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the summer, and day never really became night.

Siri Hustvedt

I have a tendency to face my bad fantasies in my books.

I have a tendency to face my bad fantasies in my books.

Siri Hustvedt

My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family: my husband and daughter, but also my mother, my three sisters, and their families.

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

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