Even more than getting compliments on social media, what I love is when some random stranger says something very funny or insightful about my books, often in 140 characters or less! It's a very casual, low-stakes, non-burdensome way of connecting… — 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
