You have to realize that, when it comes to the South, we carry around a lot of baggage. The South lost the war, and I spent years denying my culture. Bobbie Ann Mason baggagecarryculture Change image and share on social
Writers want to be reread. They want to think that their words don't just flash by but deserve some reflection. Bobbie Ann Mason deserveflashreflection Change image and share on social
During the Cold War, workers proudly contributed to national defense, but the carelessness and haste in handling toxic waste created a nightmare of pollution for subsequent generations. Bobbie Ann Mason carelessnesscoldcontribute Change image and share on social
I never, ever talk about writing to anyone at all. Bobbie Ann Mason talkwrite Change image and share on social
In the country in Kentucky, people are just amazed that anybody in New York wants to read about their lives. Bobbie Ann Mason amazecountrykentucky Change image and share on social
Physicists must feel they are in the most exciting field in the world. Their minds must be afire. Bobbie Ann Mason afireexcitfeel Change image and share on social
In America, we all come from somewhere else, and we carry along some dream myth of home: a notion that something - our point of origin, our roots, the home country - is out there. Bobbie Ann Mason americacarrycountry Change image and share on social
Writing about where I was from and the people I knew was not something that would have occurred to me early on, because like so many Southerners of that period - the Sixties - I rejected those things when I went north. Bobbie Ann Mason earlyknownorth share on social
I lived on the farm with my parents and grandparents. I had no playmates as a young child, and I was indulged. I helped my grandmother piece quilts, and we made pretty albums, an old-fashioned pastime. We cut poems and pictures out of magazines. Bobbie Ann Mason albumchildcut share on social
Working with food was fraught with anxiety when I was a girl. Like all farmers, we were at the mercy of the weather, and we lived in fear of crop failure. Bobbie Ann Mason anxietycropfailure Change image and share on social