I don't know what people think they're trying to do with literary novels, but they're trying to do something. They're trying to change the world, although that's so crazy. That's just delusional. But I recognize that it's crazy. It will… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me, for one reason or another, it usually takes about a year of sort of dicking around… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
“Finally, it was the city that held us, the city they said had no center, that all of us had come to from all… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
“Everyone in the world should read this book... We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human. ” — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
I don't know what people think they're trying to do with literary novels, but they're trying to do something. They're trying to change the… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me,… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
Reality is when you pay the rent. Get caught in traffic or your car breaks down. Really it's an AM/FM sort of thing. You've… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version. — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
