I don't think you think of your audience as much as you think, when you're revising, how it holds together. I mean I think the first draft is art, and the second draft, third, fourth draft is craft. Putting it… — 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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version. — Carolyn See Copy Share
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
I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the paper, you… — Carolyn See Copy Share
I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me. — Carolyn See Copy Share
“You can go a surprisingly long time without figuring out the kind of person you are and in what direction your life is taking… — Carolyn See Copy Share
