As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Adversity Copy Share Image
When you get right down to it, there's something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Being Copy Share Image
A mutt is a dog. He is the stuff of dogginess, a creature allied to species, not breed, and untrammeled by human… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Allied Copy Share Image
“Teammates...were fine things. Piling onto the bus before the game, edgy with shared nerves, egging one another on with the genial, meaningless… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Cotton candy Copy Share Image
“Pick the wrong person and it doesn’t matter how much you want to fix your marriage. It won’t work.” — Jean Hanff Korelitz Marriage Copy Share Image
I made it to London aged six, an event I recorded in my diary with coloured markers to convey my sense of… — Jean Hanff Korelitz After Copy Share Image
“She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.” — Jean Hanff Korelitz Class Copy Share Image
I started thinking about what I've always been interested in: how people can't see things that are right in front of them.… — Jean Hanff Korelitz About Copy Share Image
Did I become a theater person right then, sitting in the Imperial Theater, waiting for the high piccolo note at the start… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Become Copy Share Image
Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear. — Jean Hanff Korelitz Disappear Copy Share Image
“if you’re paying attention, if your eyes and your ears and your mind are open, as they should be open. You can… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Psychology Copy Share Image
“Grace had read that the Spenser children followed a strictly macrobiotic diet—or that ultimate manifestation of New York real estate porn, the… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Real estate Copy Share Image
Pacing is not the sort of thing you can plan out beforehand, but you're always aware of it as you write, because… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Always Copy Share Image
I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up. — Jean Hanff Korelitz City Copy Share Image
