I was interested in writing about gender in this future world where progress has not only halted but turned backward. On another note, sometimes the personal is not so politically correct, and what we are turned on by can't be… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“Time moved forward, but the mind was restless and stubborn, and it skipped to wherever it pleased, often to the past: backward, always backward.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off. — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
The messiness [in my books] is nothing like an Atwood novel. For me, the deeper subjects are secrets versus intimacy, and how both beget… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and so on… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
“The thing Lady didn't get, or the thing she'd forgotten, was that being a child was painful too. She was so wrapped up in… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides. When I… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
California seemed to me to be all about secrets and the need for safety. And this leads to this thematic messiness I'm still trying… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
“Girls who want to be warriors can't afford to be so careless. And: Girls will bleed, and they will cry.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
“The jugness of the jug" was how he explained Heidegger to Cal, as if that explained anything at all.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
“With a single refusal, Zachary plucked the apathy off of me like a petal from a flower.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
“There is a moment, when a woman’s foolishness slips into delusion. The former is forgivable, the latter isn’t. You will never live it down.… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them in the… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
At Ucross I learned that I am capable of focusing deeply for long periods of time. I love to write. I don't think I… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
I suppose that it's my impulse to mine, as a writer, these scary parts of ourselves and the world. — Edan Lepucki Copy Share
