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Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I don't think that I would ever, while writing, think to myself, "I need a little more psychological realism." I don't think that I would ever, while writing, think to myself, "I need a little more psychological realism."
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: We have to make mistakes, it's how we learn compassion for others. We have to make mistakes, it's how we learn compassion for others.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: She would say that we create our own reality-that the truth, ultimately, is what we choose to believe. She would say that we create our own reality-that the truth, ultimately, is what we choose to believe.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Liz had tried not to experience the doubly insulting sting of being excluded by a person she didn't care for. Liz had tried not to experience the doubly insulting sting of being excluded by a person she didn't care for.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: You never know the nature of another couple's marriage, do you? You never know the nature of another couple's marriage, do you?
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I want to open myself up, I want to experience other dimensions, I don't want to be bound by the rules of this world. Does that make me a freak? I want to open myself up, I want to experience other dimensions, I don't want to be bound by the rules of this world. Does that make me a freak?
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I just write the books that I think I would want to read. I just write the books that I think I would want to read.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: My real frustration with Clara, I think, was that it seemed like she should be insecure but wasn't. My real frustration with Clara, I think, was that it seemed like she should be insecure but wasn't.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I think my mother found her mother-in-law entertaining, and in a person who entertains us, there is much we forgive. I think my mother found her mother-in-law entertaining, and in a person who entertains us, there is much we forgive.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention. The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: And how heartbreaking, because if it were all just a few degrees different, she is pretty sure they could be quite happy together. And how heartbreaking, because if it were all just a few degrees different, she is pretty sure they could be quite happy together.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Anyone who's really interested in anything spends time alone. Anyone who's really interested in anything spends time alone.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I guess I consider myself at times to have intuition. I guess I consider myself at times to have intuition.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: His ambitions exceed his talent. His ambitions exceed his talent.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing. I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: If it's great reverence you're looking for, or earnest expressions of gratitude - well, then you don't work with kids. If it's great reverence you're looking for, or earnest expressions of gratitude - well, then you don't work with kids.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Being called baby: like safaris and bowling leagues, a phenomenon she never thought she'd experience first hand. Being called baby: like safaris and bowling leagues, a phenomenon she never thought she'd experience first hand.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Mr. Bennet stood, dropping his napkin on the table. As interesting as I find this conversation, an urgent matter has come up. I need a hamburger. Mr. Bennet stood, dropping his napkin on the table. As interesting as I find this conversation, an urgent matter has come up. I need a hamburger.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: get more stupider. get more stupider.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: My own preferences had little bearing on the outcome of events. My own preferences had little bearing on the outcome of events.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: The better you learn to take care of yourself, the less you settle for being around people who can't or won't treat you as well as you're accustomed. The better you learn to take care of yourself, the less you settle for being around people who can't or won't treat you as well as you're accustomed.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Nothing broke my heart like the slow death of a shared joke that had once seemed genuinely funny. Nothing broke my heart like the slow death of a shared joke that had once seemed genuinely funny.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Oh, how different my life would have been had I not grown up in the same house with my grandmother, how much narrower and blander! Oh, how different my life would have been had I not grown up in the same house with my grandmother, how much narrower and blander!
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me. I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I think that there's some confusion in my own mind about what I believe. I think that there's some confusion in my own mind about what I believe.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: You don't need anyone else's approval or permission to enjoy the magic of writing. You don't need anyone else's approval or permission to enjoy the magic of writing.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it. Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: 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 was disqualified. 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 was disqualified.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely. I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Does being forty feel fabulous and foxy? Liz asked. Does being forty feel fabulous and foxy? Liz asked.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite. It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs. When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: How quickly we damn ourselves when we start to talk, how small and inglorious we always sound. How quickly we damn ourselves when we start to talk, how small and inglorious we always sound.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I feel like a lot of life is distasteful and embarrassing. And you just push through it. You fix what you can, and you let time pass. I feel like a lot of life is distasteful and embarrassing. And you just push through it. You fix what you can, and you let time pass.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Only part you have to apologize for is getting me all horned up and then passing out, but I'll take a rain check Only part you have to apologize for is getting me all horned up and then passing out, but I'll take a rain check
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: There's a lot that's not explained about the universe. And psychic-ness is not stranger than that. There's a lot that's not explained about the universe. And psychic-ness is not stranger than that.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Jane resembled nothing so much as a pregnant angel. She Jane resembled nothing so much as a pregnant angel. She
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: But I never thought of who he wasn't, I never had to explain or defend him to myself, I didn't even care what we talked about. But I never thought of who he wasn't, I never had to explain or defend him to myself, I didn't even care what we talked about.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am. There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women. I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are. I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: You know what her punishment is for tormenting you way back when?" he said.I looked at him.He said, "her punishment is being her, You know what her punishment is for tormenting you way back when?" he said.
I looked at him.
He said, "her punishment is being her,
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: She really does like him, she likes lying next to him, she wants to be around him; when you get down to it, can you say that about many people? She really does like him, she likes lying next to him, she wants to be around him; when you get down to it, can you say that about many people?
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person. To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself. I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Whatever you are, be a good one. -Curtis Sittenfeld (American Wife) Whatever you are, be a good one.
-Curtis Sittenfeld (American Wife)
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Ironically, writing a novel is not a way to sort out your confusion. Ironically, writing a novel is not a way to sort out your confusion.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: It struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself. It struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: It was one thingfor a person who didn't really know me to act distant, but it was quite another for someone to get to know me and then back away. It was one thingfor a person who didn't really know me to act distant, but it was quite another for someone to get to know me and then back away.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: She has always been a bystander in family destruction, never realizing she herself possessed the capacity to inflict it. She has always been a bystander in family destruction, never realizing she herself possessed the capacity to inflict it.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: In life we're most hell-bent on proving things that we're not really sure are true. In life we're most hell-bent on proving things that we're not really sure are true.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Sometimes it amazes me how much these defining parts of our lives hinge on chance. Sometimes it amazes me how much these defining parts of our lives hinge on chance.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Long ago I had become my own confidant. Long ago I had become my own confidant.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book. In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: But then I think how I grew sick of kissing him. How can you spend your life with a person you're sick of kissing? But then I think how I grew sick of kissing him. How can you spend your life with a person you're sick of kissing?
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Children are nothing but a problem people create and then congratulate themselves on solving. Children are nothing but a problem people create and then congratulate themselves on solving.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist. Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: High school is very intense for everyone. But at a boarding school, because you're there 24 hours a day, everything gets magnified. High school is very intense for everyone. But at a boarding school, because you're there 24 hours a day, everything gets magnified.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women. I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy. When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I have been granted the terrible privilege of deciding what would have happened with no one left to contradict me. And maybe I am absolutely wrong. I have been granted the terrible privilege of deciding what would have happened with no one left to contradict me. And maybe I am absolutely wrong.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I'm so trying to give up meat. I'm so trying to give up meat.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I just like to inhabit a character really deeply. I just like to inhabit a character really deeply.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Mama!' Rosie tugged on my shirt. 'This broccoli is tasty and wonderful'. Mama!' Rosie tugged on my shirt. 'This broccoli is tasty and wonderful'.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life. We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: A reality show isn't unlike the Nobel Peace Prize, then," Mr. Bennet said. "In that they both require nominations. A reality show isn't unlike the Nobel Peace Prize, then," Mr. Bennet said. "In that they both require nominations.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: She might even have felt that self-congratulatory pride that heterosexual white people are known to experience due to proximate diversity. She might even have felt that self-congratulatory pride that heterosexual white people are known to experience due to proximate diversity.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places. Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: She wasn't wrong, which wasn't the same as the idea being a wise one. She wasn't wrong, which wasn't the same as the idea being a wise one.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I feel like as I've gotten older I've unfortunately come to the decision that a lot of people who seem normal and boring maybe are normal and boring. I feel like as I've gotten older I've unfortunately come to the decision that a lot of people who seem normal and boring maybe are normal and boring.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am. Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I think I would have liked to have been a twin. Sometimes my sisters and I get mistaken for twins, and I always take it as a compliment. I think I would have liked to have been a twin. Sometimes my sisters and I get mistaken for twins, and I always take it as a compliment.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting. I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: ... it never comes down to a single thing you did or didn't do or say. You might convince yourself it did, but it didn't. ... it never comes down to a single thing you did or didn't do or say. You might convince yourself it did, but it didn't.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: For months I heard whispers and though it had seemed that they were carried to me on the wind, they were really coming from inside my own head. For months I heard whispers and though it had seemed that they were carried to me on the wind, they were really coming from inside my own head.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together? What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: There's no better investment than your cleavage." Charlotte smirked. "I believe they teach that in business school. There's no better investment than your cleavage." Charlotte smirked. "I believe they teach that in business school.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: Rudolph Walsh, you are my fierce advocate, and your wit and wisdom Rudolph Walsh, you are my fierce advocate, and your wit and wisdom
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I'm not a Democrat because I haven't thought about the issues. I'm a Democrat because I have. I'm not a Democrat because I haven't thought about the issues. I'm a Democrat because I have.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I'm old enough to know that sometimes you don't get a second chance. I'm old enough to know that sometimes you don't get a second chance.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: The fact that I had no opinion on, for instance, relations between the U.S. And China did nit mean I didn't feel things. The fact that I had no opinion on, for instance, relations between the U.S. And China did nit mean I didn't feel things.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I felt an old, visceral insecurity that manifested itself in an impulse to cover up our cribbage game, to literally shield the board with my hands. I felt an old, visceral insecurity that manifested itself in an impulse to cover up our cribbage game, to literally shield the board with my hands.
Curtis Sittenfeld quotes: I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character in a book that's by someone I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character in a book that's by someone else.

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