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Kate Christensen Quotes

Although the point of blogging is that it doesn’t pay, I often steal from my blog for paid publication. I’ve based several magazine essays on blog posts, as well as an entire book Picture Quote #1

I’ve always subscribed to the notion that a writer always has something else to say, and the more you write, the more you have to write about, because the act of writing is self-generating Picture Quote #1

Another benefit is that the more I blog, the more I maintain and develop a first-person voice, which translates into a much greater ease with writing personal essays Picture Quote #1

Starting the blog was a way for me to generate this nonfiction first-person voice naturally, gradually, without feeling performance anxiety. It felt a bit like keeping journals when I was younger, but connecting to an instant readership without having to wait for publication made it also immediately satisfying Picture Quote #1

Blogging is different from both journal-writing and writing for print. It’s more fun than either of those. The freedom to write whatever I want and the unmediated connection with readers are the payoff Picture Quote #1

I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I’d love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon Picture Quote #1

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My blog is a celebration of the unexpected, settled, happy life I find myself living in Portland, Maine, at the ripe old age of fifty with someone I deeply love and am very happy with. That’s part of why I started the blog Picture Quote #1

I regretted the solitary nature of the writer’s life - other people, normal working people, spent their days with co-workers, rode the subway home with a crowd, walked through thronged streets. I worked at home, all by myself Picture Quote #1

Eating by myself in my own apartment, single and alone again for the first time in many years, I should have felt, but did not feel, sad. Because I had taken the trouble to make myself a real dinner, I felt nurtured and cared for, if only by myself. Eating alone was freeing, too; I didn’t have to make conversation Picture Quote #1

American Music’ is an inventive, passionate, pithy novel whose major theme is love itself and whose minor theme, music, is an emotional, meaningful counterpoint. Like Count Basie and His Orchestra, this book swings Picture Quote #1

Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable Picture Quote #1

I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another Picture Quote #1

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I realized that I’ve had a really rocky relationship with food - it has not been a gauzy, beautiful summer of ripe melons and perfectly buttered toast Picture Quote #1

Reminded of what a diet really is, I began eating more slowly, being more conscious of when I was full. I started to enjoy my buckwheat bread with goat cheese and pureed butternut-squash soup as a response to real hunger Picture Quote #1

With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge Picture Quote #1

My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening Picture Quote #1

I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse Picture Quote #1

My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I’ve lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I’ve lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending Picture Quote #1

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I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies Picture Quote #1

I think there’s a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it’s really powerful. I think I’m not alone in this Picture Quote #1

When I was younger, I read all the great food memoirs, by M.F.K. Fisher and Laurie Colwin and Julia Child and Nicolas Freeling and Ruth Reichl, and felt flooded with a sense of comfort and safety Picture Quote #1

I’ve always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done while sitting in coffee-stained pajamas in front of a computer rather than prowling around a huge stage in sweaty leather pants, so I have to get my kicks vicariously Picture Quote #1

My sudden, unforeseen capitulation had knocked me backward, and I had nothing to hold on to. My internal weather was eerily calm, as if in a tornado’s aftermath, birdsong, sunshine, supersaturated colors, wreckage all around, and myself, dazed and limping Picture Quote #1

Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other’s company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing Picture Quote #1

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Although the point of blogging is that it doesn’t pay, I often steal from my blog for paid publication. I’ve based several magazine essays on blog posts, as well as an entire book (Kate Christensen Quotes) I’ve always subscribed to the notion that a writer always has something else to say, and the more you write, the more you have to write about, because the act of writing is self-generating (Kate Christensen Quotes) Another benefit is that the more I blog, the more I maintain and develop a first-person voice, which translates into a much greater ease with writing personal essays (Kate Christensen Quotes) Starting the blog was a way for me to generate this nonfiction first-person voice naturally, gradually, without feeling performance anxiety. It felt a bit like keeping journals when I was younger, but connecting to an instant readership without having to wait for publication made it also immediately satisfying (Kate Christensen Quotes) Blogging is different from both journal-writing and writing for print. It’s more fun than either of those. The freedom to write whatever I want and the unmediated connection with readers are the payoff (Kate Christensen Quotes) I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I’d love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon. (Kate Christensen Quotes) My blog is a celebration of the unexpected, settled, happy life I find myself living in Portland, Maine, at the ripe old age of fifty with someone I deeply love and am very happy with. That’s part of why I started the blog. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I regretted the solitary nature of the writer’s life - other people, normal working people, spent their days with co-workers, rode the subway home with a crowd, walked through thronged streets. I worked at home, all by myself. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Eating by myself in my own apartment, single and alone again for the first time in many years, I should have felt, but did not feel, sad. Because I had taken the trouble to make myself a real dinner, I felt nurtured and cared for, if only by myself. Eating alone was freeing, too; I didn’t have to make conversation. (Kate Christensen Quotes) American Music’ is an inventive, passionate, pithy novel whose major theme is love itself and whose minor theme, music, is an emotional, meaningful counterpoint. Like Count Basie and His Orchestra, this book swings. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I realized that I’ve had a really rocky relationship with food - it has not been a gauzy, beautiful summer of ripe melons and perfectly buttered toast. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Reminded of what a diet really is, I began eating more slowly, being more conscious of when I was full. I started to enjoy my buckwheat bread with goat cheese and pureed butternut-squash soup as a response to real hunger. (Kate Christensen Quotes) With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge. (Kate Christensen Quotes) My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse. (Kate Christensen Quotes) My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I’ve lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I’ve lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I think there’s a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it’s really powerful. I think I’m not alone in this. (Kate Christensen Quotes) When I was younger, I read all the great food memoirs, by M.F.K. Fisher and Laurie Colwin and Julia Child and Nicolas Freeling and Ruth Reichl, and felt flooded with a sense of comfort and safety. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I’ve always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done while sitting in coffee-stained pajamas in front of a computer rather than prowling around a huge stage in sweaty leather pants, so I have to get my kicks vicariously. (Kate Christensen Quotes) My sudden, unforeseen capitulation had knocked me backward, and I had nothing to hold on to. My internal weather was eerily calm, as if in a tornado’s aftermath, birdsong, sunshine, supersaturated colors, wreckage all around, and myself, dazed and limping (Kate Christensen Quotes) Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other’s company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing (Kate Christensen Quotes)

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