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Me Quotes by Curtis Sittenfeld
- People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have…
- I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it…
- It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it's an American teenage girl or a…
- Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated…
- You know, the point of a novel - or to me, the point of a novel, the gift of a novel is to go really…
- I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.
- Later on, when I tried to imagine how I might have ruined things, that would occur to me - that I'd so rarely resisted, that…
- The big occurrences in life, the serious ones, have for me always been nearly impossible to recognize because they never feel big or serious. In…
- We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was…
- She opened her mouth but did not immediately speak, and I felt, simultaneously, the impulse to coax the words from her and the impulse to…
- To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.
- Perhaps fiction has, for me, served a similar purpose--what is a narrative arc if not the imposition of order on disparate events?--and perhaps it is…
- She was the reason I was a reader, and being a reader was what had made me most myself; it had given me the gifts…
- Of course, I didn't imagine then that I could have had a real relationship with any guy. I thought that by virtue of being me…
- I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.
- ... it struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale