have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides.… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
At Ucross I learned that I am capable of focusing deeply for long periods of time. I love to write. I don't… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
I suppose that it's my impulse to mine, as a writer, these scary parts of ourselves and the world. — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
I did a lot of this through writing flashbacks. Many of the flashbacks took place at Cal's school and I eventually cut… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
I was interested in writing about gender in this future world where progress has not only halted but turned backward. On another… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
I am not sure I knew what I was doing, writing an "apocalypse" novel, when I started this book. Now that the… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off. — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
The messiness [in my books] is nothing like an Atwood novel. For me, the deeper subjects are secrets versus intimacy, and how both beget… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and so on… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“The thing Lady didn't get, or the thing she'd forgotten, was that being a child was painful too. She was so wrapped up in… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides. When I… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
California seemed to me to be all about secrets and the need for safety. And this leads to this thematic messiness I'm still trying… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“Girls who want to be warriors can't afford to be so careless. And: Girls will bleed, and they will cry.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“The jugness of the jug" was how he explained Heidegger to Cal, as if that explained anything at all.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“With a single refusal, Zachary plucked the apathy off of me like a petal from a flower.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“There is a moment, when a woman’s foolishness slips into delusion. The former is forgivable, the latter isn’t. You will never live it down.… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
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