Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• 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

  Book, Writing, Thinking

• 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

  Memories, Powerful, Book

• It's different to read a book for pleasure than to read it analytically. In the past, I'd read Pride and Prejudice for pleasure. This time, I was really looking at the structure, the order of events, how the characters interact with each other and how the book is paced.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Book, Character, Pride

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will not get any criticism. I might as well write the book that I want to write.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Book, Writing, Mean

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• If you’re a parent in 2013, you have to get your hands on this book. Wise, engrossing, and so real that I fear Senior has been spying inside my house, All Joy is a must-read for those of us whose lives have been enriched and derailed by having kids.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Senior, Wise, Real

• I don't know what it is about human beings but most of us really like reading about or observing sexual tension and romance. It's just so much fun. I don't know if there is some Darwinian thing in us that really responds to that, but I think the most memorable scenes to me in books and movies are the ones where a couple is about to kiss.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Couple, Fun, Reading

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• I just write the books that I think I would want to read.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Curtis Sittenfeld: 'American Wife is the opposite of satire'". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2010.

• Even more than getting compliments on social media, what I love is when some random stranger says something very funny or insightful about my books, often in 140 characters or less! It's a very casual, low-stakes, non-burdensome way of connecting that I think is fun for both the writer and the reader. And there are a lot of clever people out there who have no connection to publishing.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Clever, Fun, Book

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• 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

  Book, Thinking, Years

• I've had people say very dismissive things about my books, but I also feel like I probably have more readers because I'm a woman. I mean, more readers are women and more people who buy books are women, so I don't feel like it's a total disadvantage to be a female writer.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Book, Mean, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• 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

  Book, Thinking, Age

• When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Jobs, Book, Teaching

• 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.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Source: therumpus.net

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