--- title: "Best Caroline Leavitt Quotes" description: "American novelist. Browse 59 Caroline Leavitt quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b081/author-caroline-leavitt-11280.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b081/author-caroline-leavitt-11280.jpg) # Caroline Leavitt (1952) Novelist United States **59** quotes in **539** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Caroline Leavitt is a novelist from the United States, best known for *Pictures of you: a novel*. ## Quick Facts About Caroline Leavitt Born January 9, 1952 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works Pictures of you: a novel ## About Caroline Leavitt Caroline Leavitt is an American novelist. ## Quotes by Caroline Leavitt · Page 2 > [When you love what you do, it stops seeming like work and instead becomes necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/when-you-love-what-you-do-it-stops-seeming-like-work-and-instead/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/caroline-leavitt-11280_love_when-you-love-what-you-do-it-stops-seemi_193390.png) > [I think the Internet has made things a lot easier. Twitter and Facebook let you really connect to your readers effortlessly!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-think-the-internet-has-made-things-a-lot-easier-twitter-and/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/caroline-leavitt-11280_books_i-think-the-internet-has-made-things-a-l_1057056.png) > [E-readers are changing the way we read, and the author is now required to get out there and be a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/e-readers-are-changing-the-way-we-read-and-the-author-is-now-required/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/caroline-leavitt-11280_books_e-readers-are-changing-the-way-we-read-a_3048528.png) > [I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-cried-to-my-mother-that-i-wanted-to-go-to-hebrew-school-i-wanted/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/caroline-leavitt-11280_cried_i-cried-to-my-mother-that-i-wanted-to-go_201461.png) > [I call Algonquin Books 'the gods and goddesses of publishing.' Not only did they give me a career, they care deeply about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-call-algonquin-books-the-gods-and-goddesses-of-publishing-not-only/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/caroline-leavitt-11280_about_i-call-algonquin-books-the-gods-and-godd_3218972.png) > [I absolutely want and prize and love and revere every single media review I get, but if I got 50 reviews from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-absolutely-want-and-prize-and-love-and-revere-every-single-media/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/caroline-leavitt-11280_absolutely_i-absolutely-want-and-prize-and-love-and_1068184.jpg) > [I tell myself that some names can be mistakes, like Mxyplyzyk, a store in New York that lost customers because few could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-tell-myself-that-some-names-can-be-mistakes-like-mxyplyzyk-a-store/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/caroline-leavitt-11280_address_i-tell-myself-that-some-names-can-be-mis_1504639.png) > [By the time I was 5, I was already an outcast. It was the early 1960s, and I was part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/by-the-time-i-was-5-i-was-already-an-outcast-it-was-the-early-1960s/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/caroline-leavitt-11280_by-the-time_by-the-time-i-was-5-i-was-already-an-out_1249690.png) > [Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/literature-can-allow-us-to-experience-the-best-side-of-humankind/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/caroline-leavitt-11280_allow_literature-can-allow-us-to-experience-th_882555.png) > [If a kid disappears, now there's Amber Alerts: they know this-this-this. In the '50s, we kids wandered around. Nobody knew what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/if-a-kid-disappears-now-there-s-amber-alerts-they-know-this-this-this/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/caroline-leavitt-11280_amber_if-a-kid-disappears-now-there-s-amber-al_1489758.png) > [While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/while-some-of-the-big-publishers-might-give-out-200-000-advances-if/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/caroline-leavitt-11280_advances_while-some-of-the-big-publishers-might-g_545185.png) > [All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/all-writers-know-how-important-a-good-title-is-it-s-the-first-thing/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/caroline-leavitt-11280_along_all-writers-know-how-important-a-good-ti_985069.png) > [I really want to go into the future 500 years and be a quantum physicist. Not only would I get to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-really-want-to-go-into-the-future-500-years-and-be-a-quantum/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/caroline-leavitt-11280_able_i-really-want-to-go-into-the-future-500_1091365.png) > [I love rewriting because that is where and how you discover the story. Its like you have this skeleton, and you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-love-rewriting-because-that-is-where-and-how-you-discover-the-story/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/caroline-leavitt-11280_because_i-love-rewriting-because-that-is-where-a_519661.png) > [I have to admit that many of the relationships I write about are destructive, but that's the yin to the yang of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-have-to-admit-that-many-of-the-relationships-i-write-about-are/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/caroline-leavitt-11280_appreciate_i-have-to-admit-that-many-of-the-relatio_253644.png) > [I think my stubbornness has served me well. I just knew at an early age what I wanted to do and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-think-my-stubbornness-has-served-me-well-i-just-knew-at-an-early/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/caroline-leavitt-11280_able_i-think-my-stubbornness-has-served-me-we_2513087.jpg) > [Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? She's channeled the world of opera, Boston politics, magic, unwed motherhood, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/is-there-nothing-the-prodigiously-talented-ann-patchett-can-t-do-she/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Boston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/caroline-leavitt-11280_boston_is-there-nothing-the-prodigiously-talent_1776094.png) > [There have been years where I've had to take a real job and I wrote during slow times and lunches. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/there-have-been-years-where-i-ve-had-to-take-a-real-job-and-i-wrote/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/caroline-leavitt-11280_able_there-have-been-years-where-i-ve-had-to_2342970.png) > [I had always known that I was Jewish - we celebrated the holidays, we went to a synagogue - but I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-had-always-known-that-i-was-jewish-we-celebrated-the-holidays-we/) [Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/caroline-leavitt-11280_about_i-had-always-known-that-i-was-jewish-we_2068668.jpg) ## Caroline Leavitt by topic [Writing (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/caroline-leavitt/) [Books (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/caroline-leavitt/) [Writer (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/caroline-leavitt/) [Love (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/caroline-leavitt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/#itemlist", "name": "Caroline Leavitt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you love what you do, it stops seeming like work and instead becomes necessity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Caroline Leavitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/when-you-love-what-you-do-it-stops-seeming-like-work-and-instead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/caroline-leavitt-11280_love_when-you-love-what-you-do-it-stops-seemi_193390.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/caroline-leavitt-11280_love_when-you-love-what-you-do-it-stops-seemi_193390.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/caroline-leavitt-11280_love_when-you-love-what-you-do-it-stops-seemi_193390.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you love what you do, it stops seeming like work and instead becomes necessity.” — Caroline Leavitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the Internet has made things a lot easier. 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