Writing about why you write is a funny business, like scratching what doesn't itch. Impulses are mysterious, and explaining them must be done with mirrors, like certain cunning slight-of-hand routines.
Patricia HamplLooking repeatedly into the past, you do not necessarily become fascinated with your own life, but rather with the phenomenon of memory.
Patricia HamplIt is hard to sever the cords that tie us to our slavery and leave intact those that bind us to ourselves.
Patricia Hampl