She opened her mouth but did not immediately speak, and I felt, simultaneously, the impulse to coax the words from her and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Is the depressing part that he's only half right - it's not that she doesn't need rescuing but that nobody else will… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
The big occurrences in life, the serious ones, have for me always been nearly impossible to recognize because they never feel big… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“…it never comes down to a single thing you did or didn’t do or say. You might convince yourself it did, but… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of life is distasteful and embarrassing. And you just push through it. You fix what you can,… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I think there are people who think 'high school was the peak of my life,' and there are people who think it… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I guess in life I find people who, at first glance, appear to be very typical or average, whatever that means, and… — 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
“When I was in junior high, I used to think I would turn out to be one of the guys, and boys… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I don't think I anticipated supporting myself as a writer... I expected I would have to be a teacher or a journalist,… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
At that time in my life, no conclusion was a bad conclusion. Something ended, and you stopped wishing and worrying. You could… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“And how heartbreaking, because if it were all just a few degrees different, she is pretty sure they could be quite happy… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“...but then I think how I grew sick of kissing him. How can you spend your life with a person you're sick… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“In the end, there was always your regular life, and no one could deal with it but you.” — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
In life we're most hell-bent on proving things that we're not really sure are true. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I have always found the times when another person recognizes you to be strangely sad; I suspect the pathos of these moments… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
For most of my life - well, maybe half of my life, but basically until I was in my mid-20s - I… — 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
