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My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it's because my head is too full of words, and I just need to get to my desk and start dumping them into a file. I always wake with sentences pouring into my head.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Always Because Before Begins Desk Dumping File Full Get Head Just Morning Need Pouring Rises Sentences Start Sun Them Too Trying Up Wake Words

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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Ask Begin Computer Desk Discipline Else Funny Funny Thing How Leaving Me Myself Off Often People Question Something Something Else Thing Turning Understand Write

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For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Always Am Been Best Dawn Eager Early Get Hours Make Me Needs Precious Quiet Something Time Up Use Wait Why Writing

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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Actually Against Children Culture Day Everyone Hate Law Moments Motherhood Our Practically Say Those You Your

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After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: After Believed Bible Could Further Missionaries Parents People Published Several Truth Were Which

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Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort!

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Baby Book Bring Effort Every Like Lot Most World

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The first sentence of a book is a promise.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Book First Promise Sentence

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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Farmers Farms Live Part Rural Surrounded Virginia

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People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Always Make More Novels People Problems Terrible Them

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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Against Come Cultures Each Experience Human Human Experience Interesting Might Most Other Parts Sort Sparks Think I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: April 8th, 1955

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