All Caroline Leavitt Quotes
- I write about the things that haunt or obsess me. Funny
- Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters. Character
- Never be with anyone you couldn't imagine yourself being able to live without. Able
- Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection… Allow
- L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me. All
- A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring… Best
- I tell myself that some names can be mistakes, like Mxyplyzyk, a store in New York that lost customers because few could spell its name… Address
- A product name has to be specific. You know that Tasty Soup is tasty - that Hot Chips will burn off the roof of your… Burn
- By the time I was 5, I was already an outcast. It was the early 1960s, and I was part of the only Jewish family… Christian
- I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles. Aced
- I had always known that I was Jewish - we celebrated the holidays, we went to a synagogue - but I had never known that… Always Known
- I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the kids… All
- Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life. Everyone
- People love stories. They need stories. Love
- I know another New York Times bestselling author - Beth Kephart - she self-published one of her books. Another New
- I am an indifferent cook, but I can make pie. Cook
- I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with… Albeit
- My first husband was a serial cheater. Cheater
- I always write about the things that haunt me, the questions I have. Always Write
- I am totally and completely addicted to movies. Jeff, my husband and I, watch movies every night and go out to the movies constantly. Addicted
- While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in the second week,… Advances
- Housewives of the 1950s were supposed to create show-stopping meals every night for their hard-working husbands. Create
- Indie bookstores love writers as much as they love readers, and there is something about a community store, where you walk in, you feel known,… Books