The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.
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It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects.Joyce Maynard
I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.
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I have not chosen to live a particularly private life myself, I respect the decision of any man or woman who chooses to live such a life.
Joyce Maynard
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.
Joyce Maynard
I wonder what it is that the people who criticize me for telling this story truly object to: is it that I have dared to tell the story? Or that the story turns out not to be the one they wanted to hear?
Joyce Maynard
I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.
Joyce Maynard
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