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> [I don't see the direct correlation between my personal life and the novel I'm writing until I'm at the end of the novel or very close to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-don-t-see-the-direct-correlation-between-my-personal-life-and-the/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

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## More by Laurie Foos

> [My mom was a big Elvis fan and a general pop culture buff, and so I grew up in a house filled with what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/my-mom-was-a-big-elvis-fan-and-a-general-pop-culture-buff-and-so-i/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [To me, feminism in literature deals with the female characters being in some way central to the thematic concerns of the book, or that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/to-me-feminism-in-literature-deals-with-the-female-characters-being/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [As I get older, I'm finding that I recognize certain celebrities only because they frequently grace the pages of US Weekly, but beyond that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/as-i-get-older-i-m-finding-that-i-recognize-certain-celebrities-only/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I'd say that most of life seems to me to be that way, a mixture of the mundane and the mythic, when you're living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-d-say-that-most-of-life-seems-to-me-to-be-that-way-a-mixture-of-the/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [You're thinking about the continuum of life as you load the washing machine or scoop out the litter box.blue-girl-larger Or maybe that's just me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/you-re-thinking-about-the-continuum-of-life-as-you-load-the-washing/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I'm not conscious of my own themes as I write first drafts, no, and in fact, I work hard to stay in that unconscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-m-not-conscious-of-my-own-themes-as-i-write-first-drafts-no-and-in/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I think that absurdity in literature looks into a lack of meaning in some important and fundamental way. It allows us to ask questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-think-that-absurdity-in-literature-looks-into-a-lack-of-meaning-in/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I've always gone with Kafka's model of establishing the world from the first line, as in Kafka's famous line from Metamorphosis, "Gregor Samsa woke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-ve-always-gone-with-kafka-s-model-of-establishing-the-world-from/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I'm a pop culture junkie. I'm a People magazine reader, an US Weekly subscriber; all of those celebrity magazines get my dollar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-m-a-pop-culture-junkie-i-m-a-people-magazine-reader-an-us-weekly/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I've realized that with each novel I seem to set out a kind of puzzle for myself. And I am never sure in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-ve-realized-that-with-each-novel-i-seem-to-set-out-a-kind-of-puzzle/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I feel that if I establish the world or the premise from the first line, then I can get the reader to come with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-feel-that-if-i-establish-the-world-or-the-premise-from-the-first/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [Having a magical element in a realistic setting without explanation seems to me to be the hallmark of fairy tales, which present us with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/having-a-magical-element-in-a-realistic-setting-without-explanation/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I think it's still difficult to write about motherhood and anxiety, that talking about not wanting to be a mother or feeling ambivalent about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-think-it-s-still-difficult-to-write-about-motherhood-and-anxiety/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I don't see the direct correlation between my personal life and the novel I'm writing until I'm at the end of the novel or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-don-t-see-the-direct-correlation-between-my-personal-life-and-the/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

> [I tend to start with a fantastical premise, and then I place it in the world we know. Or, really, it places itself. Honestly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-foos/i-tend-to-start-with-a-fantastical-premise-and-then-i-place-it-in-the/)

[Laurie Foos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-foos/)

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