One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie.
Francine du Plessix GrayLike most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh.
Francine du Plessix Grayhow the French can talk. About a stew, about a fly on the parapet, about death, about anything.
Francine du Plessix GrayI was just reviewed by Robert Gottlieb, who was my editor at 'The New Yorker,' and he sort of wondered at the fact that I still need to exorcise my parents at my age. I think he makes a basic mistake in thinking that exorcism can ever be total. The exorcism of your parents will still be occurring on your own deathbed.
Francine du Plessix Gray