Describing Quote by Lauren Grodstein

I wish I were better at straightforward description. I feel like I'm usually overdoing it or underdoing it, and it takes a lot of…

— Lauren Grodstein

“Your world is the world of coincidence, of meaninglessness. You choose the world that would have us as specks of dust, as mice in…

— Lauren Grodstein

“But who says you get to be ready? Who says you get to take someone's heart and eat it and then decide you don't…

— Lauren Grodstein

I'm inspired by people who are really deliberate and careful with their lives, and people who are kind. And of course I'm inspired by…

— Lauren Grodstein

I've found a bit of success in my career, and I'm very relieved by it, but the success that comes after a book is…

— Lauren Grodstein

I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care either. Which…

— Lauren Grodstein

“returned to his drunken mice, dreaming their placid, inebriated dreams. He reached in and scratched one on the nose; like a bum, or one…

— Lauren Grodstein

I like writing dialogue - I can hear my characters so clearly that writing dialogue often feels as much like transcribing something as it…

— Lauren Grodstein

A beloved student of mine told me she believed the earth was approximately 6,000 years old. She was smart, she was thoughtful, and she…

— Lauren Grodstein

“Life really does go on. That's what I've learned. It goes.”

— Lauren Grodstein

Some people need God and some people need science.

— Lauren Grodstein

“Three months after Rachel was born, Lou admitted smuggling her into church. “It wasn’t my fault,” she said, after she’d confessed. “I was compelled.”…

— Lauren Grodstein