Barnard Women Share Their Passion for The Writing Life
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AS SEEN AND HEARD AT... GREAT WRITERS AT BARNARD
Mob of Scribbling Moms
(An homage to The Scarlet Letter author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s complaint about his competition in 1855: “America is now wholly given over to a damned mob of scribbling women, and I should have no chance of success while the public taste is occupied with their trash – and should be ashamed of myself if I did succeed.”)
"Being a creative person requires an exquisite selfishness. Being a parent requires an exquisite selflessness."
—Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal ’66, Golden Globe-winning screenwriter, Running on Empty |
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“When I had to start paying a babysitter $15 an hour to write, it really forced me to focus and ask myself, ‘Do I really want to write this scene?’”
—Galaxy Craze ’93, novelist, By the Shore
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“When I say I write young adult novels, people think I’m in the porn business!”
—Ann Brashares ’89, author, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series |
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“Sometimes writing about childhood is like trying to remember the words to a favorite song; you think you don’t know it, then you start writing and it all comes rushing back.”
—Eliza Minot ’91, novelist, The Tiny One, a New York Times notable book in 1999
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“I like books that don’t show childhood all sunny and ‘Hallmark.’ I have kids and I know they’re not all sugar and spice.”
—Audrey Schulman ’85, bestselling author of The Cage
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“Since my book [Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants] was banned, I’ve met the most amazingly supportive teachers and librarians — people who want books that will expand their kids' lives, and are willing to take risks to find them.”
—Ann Brashares ’89
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Photos by Diane Bondareff |
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