Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.
Joyce MaynardThe big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.
Joyce MaynardMore than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue.
Joyce MaynardNo, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget.
Joyce Maynard