Student' React to Anna Quindlen's Visit - cont...

Becky Rodriguez

My multimedia class had the opportunity to interview Anna Quindlen, a 57 year old, well-known writer and winner of a Pulitzer price for commentary in 1992, a mother of three, Christopher 24 years old, Quindlen 26 years old and Maria 21 years old and the wife of Gerald Krovatin an attorney for 40 years. (I think I just told you a lot about Anna. I have my teacher here yelling at me about this very looooooong sentence.)

As you read this, it’s probably going through your head that she is not married because her husband has a different last name. Well let me tell you that she is married to Gerald and they have been together since they were 18 years old. Quindlen is an independent woman who believes, that even though she is married it’s her own last name she will wear.

I was very nervous at the beginning of the interview, but after we started, everything went smoothly. I had a great time with her and I learned lots of things about her that I didn’t know before. Sometimes we think that we know a person or maybe it comes into our heads that if a person is famous they are mean or they think they are all that, but at the end of the day, I came to find out that Anna is just a normal human being who has worked for years and years to get where she is now. Two things I learned and loved about her were when she said, “If you want to do something, just do it and don’t think about it and stop being afraid and bury your fears.” I’m going to have to agree with her because when we think that things are too much, in the end, we don’t do them and just give up without even trying. It’s funny that Anna is a good writer and yet she hates writing.

Anna is a very nice person to talk to. She didn’t fight us on the questions we asked her. She was kind enough to answer every single question with humor and as clear as we could get it.

Oh yea I also got my own autographed book, “One True Thing,” which I am reading right now. Once I finish, I want to rent the movie.