I 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 GrayThe irreversibility of time. That's the hardest thing to accept at our age, that's the most violent aspect of death.
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 Grayone forgives parents as naturally as one emancipates oneself from them - usually shortly afterward.
Francine du Plessix Gray