After I’d told her – the mall, the taxi, Cross stroking my hair – she said, ‘Did he kiss you?’ ‘John and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn't exist to accommodate you, which... is something a lot… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women. — 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
I've had people say very dismissive things about my books, but I also feel like I probably have more readers because I'm… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I feel like as I've gotten older I've unfortunately come to the decision that a lot of people who seem normal and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am. — 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
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
I feel like people who criticize authors for being self-promotional fail to recognize that a lot of times their ability to continue… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I gave people the benefit of the doubt, thinking, so many people that appear very calm and even boring must have all… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Ordinarily, of course, I thought it best to remain inconspicuous, but the gesture had a certain irresistable theatricaility, and an inevitablility. Sometimes… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
The better you learn to take care of yourself, the less you settle for being around people who can't or won't treat… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
She really does like him, she likes lying next to him, she wants to be around him; when you get down to… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Obviously the bar is much higher now for a behavior to be scandalous. Social media has really changed the way people live.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
If I'm at somebody's house and they have magazines on the table and people are chatting, I feel almost a physical urge… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
For 'Gender Studies,' I wrote that story in May and June of 2016. People have said to me, 'Oh, it's a political… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
You know, the point of a novel - or to me, the point of a novel, the gift of a novel is… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
There are people we treat wrong and later we're prepared to treat other people right. Perhaps this sounds mercenary, but I feel… — 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
