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Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: A mutt is a dog. He is the stuff of dogginess, a creature allied to species, not breed, and untrammeled by human hand or preference.

A mutt is a dog. He is the stuff of dogginess, a creature allied to species, not breed, and untrammeled by human hand or preference.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language.

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Pacing is not the sort of thing you can plan out beforehand, but you're always aware of it as you write, because you need to make constant decisions.

Pacing is not the sort of thing you can plan out beforehand, but you're always aware of it as you write, because you need to make constant decisions.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: He has. A fucking. Rothko. Over the fireplace

He has. A fucking. Rothko. Over the fireplace

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.

She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.

A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Before, mostly for commitment hearings held in a makeshift court

Before, mostly for commitment hearings held in a makeshift court

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care.

Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Want of a better idea, she washed her face with the available hand soap and dried

Want of a better idea, she washed her face with the available hand soap and dried

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up.

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 quotes: A successful birth is not a birth without drugs or monitors or surgery. A successful birth is when you're alive and the baby's alive.

A successful birth is not a birth without drugs or monitors or surgery. A successful birth is when you're alive and the baby's alive.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer.

The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.

People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: There is a sound to waiting. It sounds like held breath pounding its fists against the walls of the lung, damp and muffled beats.

There is a sound to waiting. It sounds like held breath pounding its fists against the walls of the lung, damp and muffled beats.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: You know, wanting what you have is supposedly the secret of happiness.

You know, wanting what you have is supposedly the secret of happiness.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Naturally, no march on Washington would be complete without its counter-demonstration.

Naturally, no march on Washington would be complete without its counter-demonstration.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: The implication of AKC registration is that a dog who has it is better than a dog who hasn't.

The implication of AKC registration is that a dog who has it is better than a dog who hasn't.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.

To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.

Jean Hanff Korelitz quotes: Did I become a theater person right then, sitting in the Imperial Theater, waiting for the high piccolo note at the start of 'Pippin'? Maybe.

Did I become a theater person right then, sitting in the Imperial Theater, waiting for the high piccolo note at the start of 'Pippin'? Maybe.