Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“He existed, then he didn’t. The world spins on, indifferent to the mess.” — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Some women were created to make other women feel like shit about themselves.” — J. Courtney Sullivan Women Copy Share Image
“I exist in two places, here and where you are. —MARGARET ATWOOD,” — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“April's just a Dixie cup of crazy. Lydia's more like a twenty-gallon tank” — J. Courtney Sullivan April Copy Share Image
I've rejected certain books, then gone back later and loved them. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The… — J. Courtney Sullivan Communication Copy Share Image
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“No one can ever know the inner parts of anyone else’s marriage. It’s a strange business.” — J. Courtney Sullivan Business Copy Share Image
“It was amazing that you did not become your grief entirely, and walk about leaking it everywhere.” — J. Courtney Sullivan Amazing Copy Share Image
When she was pregnant with Teddy, she feared that she’d give birth to a child who disliked reading. It would be like… — J. Courtney Sullivan Birth Copy Share Image
“How could a person have and do all these stupid things--clip coupons and double lock the front door--and then one day just… — J. Courtney Sullivan Cease to exist Copy Share Image
“It felt something like being in love, but without the weight of having to choose just one heart to hold on to,… — J. Courtney Sullivan Fear Copy Share Image
“All over the planet women were being tormented, yet if you took sexism seriously, you were a bore, an idiot, or a… — J. Courtney Sullivan Sexism Copy Share Image
“One of life's contradictions: how human beings were at once entirely resilient and impossibly fragile. One decision could stay with you forever,… — J. Courtney Sullivan Contradictions Copy Share Image
Early on in the writing process, there is sometimes this temptation to write around the central drama instead of just aiming for… — J. Courtney Sullivan Drama Copy Share Image
In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because… — J. Courtney Sullivan Boys Copy Share Image
“Bree knew this habit of hers rankled Lara more than any other--her ability to make a decision and announce that there would… — J. Courtney Sullivan Decision making Copy Share Image
For my seventh birthday, my parents gave me a plain, unfinished wooden dollhouse. It had six empty rooms, two floors, a staircase,… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
The first book I bought was 'Anne of Green Gables,' an edition that is beautiful and complete - one I hope to… — J. Courtney Sullivan Beautiful Copy Share Image
I am intrigued by the way secrets move through a family and how events and perceptions from decades earlier continue to influence… — J. Courtney Sullivan Family Copy Share Image
“You want your kids to do better than you did," he said. "That's what the American Dream is all about. But it's… — J. Courtney Sullivan American dream Copy Share Image
“Sometimes April worried that she'd been built without some fundamental piece that everyone else had that just let them deal. Even her… — J. Courtney Sullivan April Copy Share Image
“The things she worried about on a daily basis included but were not limited to: Children starving in Africa. Chemicals in her… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I knew that my dollhouse was a toy, but in a way, it seemed more like a portal to adulthood. I didn't… — J. Courtney Sullivan Barbie Copy Share Image
A high percentage of each of my books has been written in Des Moines. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new. — J. Courtney Sullivan Inspirational Copy Share Image
Every St. Patrick's Day in my hometown is such a huge thing. You know, it was like Christmas, but in green. — J. Courtney Sullivan Christmas Copy Share Image
“awake. James would force himself to close his eyes. For the next few hours, he’d lie there, thrashing around, trying to get… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
It's true of Irish Catholic families. They're big on story telling and big on saving stories from one generation to the next. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“You could sell crack on the street and go to jail for decades. Or you could sell a woman, and be back… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
On Saturdays, I get up early, spread out my notes from the week on the kitchen table, and create stories from them. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
