Quotes by Janet Malcolm

• Analysts keep having to pick away at the scab that the patient tries to form between himself and the analyst to cover over his wounds. The analyst keeps the surface raw, so that the wound will heal properly.
• Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.
• If you scratch a great photograph, you find two things; a painting and a photograph.