I don't think that I would ever, while writing, think to myself, "I need a little more psychological realism." — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing. — 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
When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs. — 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
Ironically, writing a novel is not a way to sort out your confusion. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
She nodded, jotting something in her notebook. You’re writing that down? Has the interview started?” Lee, whenever you’re talking to a reporter,… — 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
I'm not afraid of writing about sensitive subjects, but I want to be careful how I do so and I know not… — 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.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Weirdly, even as I became more confident as a writer and as a person, I completely lost faith in my own ability… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of… — 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… — 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 think it's significantly easier to be a female writer today than in the early 1800's. That said, it's hard to imagine… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I don't think I anticipated supporting myself as a writer... I expected I would have to be a teacher or a journalist,… — 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
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped… — 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
