I feel that Pride and Prejudice is an incredibly well constructed novel on every level. The dialogue is great. The character development… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Even more than getting compliments on social media, what I love is when some random stranger says something very funny or insightful… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
It's different to read a book for pleasure than to read it analytically. In the past, I'd read Pride and Prejudice for… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I like it when characters are some combination of appealing and maybe flawed or self-interested. I think in terms of scenes, and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of giving Eligible a feminist flavor. While I do think that in Pride and Prejudice, Liz Bennet is… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Sometimes, there can be a slightly condescending assumption that anything unlikable about a female character is a mistake, as if they're a… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
The best part of being a writer for me is immersing myself in a fictional world, which is the opposite of being on social… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“I think adults forget just how much faith teenagers can have in them, just how willing to believe that adults, by virtue of being… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“She came down to my dorm that night, knocking on the door around nine o'clock. Martha was at the library, and I was eating… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I feel that Pride and Prejudice is an incredibly well constructed novel on every level. The dialogue is great. The character development is great.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I should probably be careful admitting this, but sometimes, when my characters are having a disagreement, it's a disagreement I'm having with myself. I… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“Approaching each other, him from the gym, me from the library- this was when I walked down the aisle and he was waiting, this… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
After I’d told her – the mall, the taxi, Cross stroking my hair – she said, ‘Did he kiss you?’ ‘John and Martin totally… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
There's an ongoing 'water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink' situation at my house in terms of both pens and paper. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
She opened her mouth but did not immediately speak, and I felt, simultaneously, the impulse to coax the words from her and the impulse… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“But the truth was that I didn't want to stay in Riley. The pulls of familial love and obligation could not, for the moment,… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
