Complex sentence: In the early 1990s, Wallace became obsessed with the memoirist Mary Karr and, despite her statements that she was not interested, got her name tattooed on his body and, eventually, plotted to murder her husband.
Split into simpler sentences: In the early 1990s, Wallace became obsessed with the memoirist Mary Karr. Despite her statements that she was not interested, Wallace got her name tattooed on his body and, eventually, plotted to murder her husband.