Adrienne Martini

“It's like getting the best Christmas gift ever, but Santa decided to kick the crap out of you before you unwrapped it.”
― Adrienne Martini, Hillbilly Gothic: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood

“I am a writer who does not enjoy writing. I can find innumerable ways to avoid it. But, to rip off Dorothy Parker, nothing else—nothing—gives me the same thrill as having written. I’m the same way with knitting. The process is fine, mind you, and keeps my hands busy. But nothing else—nothing—gives me the rush that I get from finishing something.

"The parallels between writing and knitting go even further. Like writing, knitting has a finite number of raw ingredients. There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet. Those letters can combine to give you David Foster Wallace or freshman composition papers. There are only two basic stitches: the knit and the purl. Those stitches can add up to a gorgeously complicated sweater or a pastel pink toilet paper cozy. The difference is in the mind that shapes them.”
― Adrienne Martini, Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously