I sometimes read on the subway, but I'm a hopeless eavesdropper and get easily distracted by strangers' conversations. — J. Courtney Sullivan Communication Copy Share Image
It's true of Irish Catholic families. They're big on story telling and big on saving stories from one generation to the next. — J. Courtney Sullivan Big Copy Share Image
Early on in the writing process, there is sometimes this temptation to write around the central drama instead of just aiming for… — J. Courtney Sullivan Drama Copy Share Image
Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of… — J. Courtney Sullivan About Copy Share Image
Timing was everything when it came to being a woman—the moment you entered the world could seal your fate. — J. Courtney Sullivan Being a woman Copy Share Image
When you write fiction, you're like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It's funny how… — J. Courtney Sullivan Bird Copy Share Image
“Kids are amazing. The first few months, they're just like these loaves of bread that shit. You're wondering what the hell you… — J. Courtney Sullivan Children Copy Share Image
Every St. Patrick's Day in my hometown is such a huge thing. You know, it was like Christmas, but in green. — J. Courtney Sullivan Christmas Copy Share Image
As a little girl, my dollhouse allowed me to imagine a big, perfect, grown-up life in which I'd be effortlessly domestic. — J. Courtney Sullivan Big Copy Share Image
My relationship with the 'Baby-Sitters Club' series bordered on addiction, and my mom got me heavily into the Trixie Belden mysteries as… — J. Courtney Sullivan Cute Copy Share Image
“You want your kids to do better than you did," he said. "That's what the American Dream is all about. But it's… — J. Courtney Sullivan American dream Copy Share Image
This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didn’t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did in the… — J. Courtney Sullivan Apologizing Copy Share Image
I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that… — J. Courtney Sullivan About Copy Share Image
I've rejected certain books, then gone back later and loved them. — J. Courtney Sullivan Back Copy Share Image
“One of life's contradictions: how human beings were at once entirely resilient and impossibly fragile. One decision could stay with you forever,… — J. Courtney Sullivan Contradictions Copy Share Image
On Saturdays, I get up early, spread out my notes from the week on the kitchen table, and create stories from them. — J. Courtney Sullivan Create Copy Share Image
When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author… — J. Courtney Sullivan Books Copy Share Image
“He existed, then he didn’t. The world spins on, indifferent to the mess.” — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder. — J. Courtney Sullivan Am Copy Share Image
“No one can ever know the inner parts of anyone else’s marriage. It’s a strange business.” — J. Courtney Sullivan Business Copy Share Image
One of the best parts of being a writer is getting to peer into other worlds - even if you aren't going… — J. Courtney Sullivan Being Copy Share Image
“And then there were the things Sally knew her mother would have loved. Those, too, made it easy to imagine how she… — J. Courtney Sullivan Life Copy Share Image
“All over the planet women were being tormented, yet if you took sexism seriously, you were a bore, an idiot, or a… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I exist in two places, here and where you are. —MARGARET ATWOOD,” — J. Courtney Sullivan Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
