The relationship between the imagined and the real is more complicated than people imagine. Siri Hustvedt complicateimaginepeople Change image and share on social
Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud's psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments. Siri Hustvedt countrydepartmentdiscuss share on social
Sigmund Freud makes people irritable. Whenever someone mentions Freud, say, at a dinner party, I see eyes roll and listen to the nasty remarks that follow. Siri Hustvedt dinnereyefollow Change image and share on social
The computer model will be replaced by an organic model, in which the brain-mind is embodied - part of a whole, dynamic, living organism: one driven by emotional forces, not only cognitive ones. Siri Hustvedt braincognitivecomputer Change image and share on social
Henry Miller is a famous writer whose work has fallen out of fashion, but I strongly recommend that readers who don't know his work pick up a book and experience this writer's zealous, crazy, inventive, funny, sexy, often delirious prose. Siri Hustvedt bookcrazydelirious share on social
My parents were gigantic influences on me. I had a deep hunger to impress my father, who was a professor and an intellectual. I wanted his approval. Siri Hustvedt approvaldeepfather Change image and share on social
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 absoluteaccessaware share on social
Writers are in control of editing processes - making a sentence better, cutting out a paragraph. But the initial outpouring has very little to do with conscious control or manipulation. Siri Hustvedt consciouscontrolcut 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