“With a single refusal, Zachary plucked the apathy off of me like a petal from a flower.” — Edan Lepucki Apathy Copy Share Image
“I imagined swinging from the punching bag of his uvula.” — Edan Lepucki Punching bag 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 Impulse 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 Girls want Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing more tragic than a man who gains weight like a woman does.” — Edan Lepucki Feminism Copy Share Image
“The jugness of the jug" was how he explained Heidegger to Cal, as if that explained anything at all.” — Edan Lepucki Heidegger 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… — Edan Lepucki Apocalyptic Copy Share Image
The issue is that my book, and so many others, are not available for pre-order from Amazon. I hadn't realized how much… — Edan Lepucki Amazon Copy Share Image
I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them… — Edan Lepucki Dirty 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 Capable 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… — Edan Lepucki Delusion 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… — Edan Lepucki Children 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… — Edan Lepucki California 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.… — Edan Lepucki Books 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 Book Copy Share Image
“You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.” — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“It’s never a bad idea, to let a man think you’re upset, and then pretend you aren’t, not at all. Paranoia feeds… — Edan Lepucki Bad idea Copy Share Image
I think that sharpens the intention of a scene and clarifies a story's arc. Of course, I don't seek the questions until… — Edan Lepucki Arcs Copy Share Image
“Time moved forward, but the mind was restless and stubborn, and it skipped to wherever it pleased, often to the past: backward,… — Edan Lepucki Backward 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… — Edan Lepucki Begets Copy Share Image
Oh my goodness, I hate camping. I am like Frida times 1,000. I have always been attracted to wilderness stories, à la… — Edan Lepucki Camping 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… — Edan Lepucki Bits 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 Apocalypse 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 Backward Copy Share Image
For me, even when I was pregnant, I wondered, Should we even have children if we're bringing them into this horrible, scary… — Edan Lepucki Children Copy Share Image
I am not sure how a novel changes the world. I think it alters a reader's perspective by asking him or her… — Edan Lepucki Asking Copy Share Image
With my students, I don't offer any simple tips like that, maybe because my own process is pretty messy, but when we… — Edan Lepucki Books Copy Share Image
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