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Curtis Sittenfeld quotes

American Writer

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Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive. Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "I'm so trying to give up meat."
I'm so trying to give up meat. Curtis Sittenfeld
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 Japanese octogenarian man. 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 a powerful imagination. Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time..."
I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing. Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "I just think that people are complicated, both men and women...."
I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women. Curtis Sittenfeld
My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology. Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more..."
I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women. Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "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
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 by something, you think, could I do that? Hmm, let me try. Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any..."
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
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing..."
When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs. Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld quote: "In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away..."
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
You know, the point of a novel - or to me, the point of a novel, the gift of a novel is to go really deeply inside people's lives and inside their personal experiences. Curtis Sittenfeld
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

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