259 Quotes by Curtis Sittenfeld

It would in retrospect appear to be a stop on a narrative path that was inevitable, but this is only because most events, most paths, feel inevitable in retrospect.

I don’t think that I would ever, while writing, think to myself, “I need a little more psychological realism.”

It occurred to Liz one day, as she waited on hold for an estimate from a yard service, that her parents’ home was like an extremely obese person who could no longer see, touch, or maintain jurisdiction over all of his body; there was simply too much of it, and he – they – had grown weary and inflexible. During.

Mark Twain say something about courage being the mastery of fear rather than the absence of fear?

There’s no better investment than your cleavage.” Charlotte smirked. “I believe they teach that in business school.

Being called baby: like safaris and bowling leagues, a phenomenon she never thought she’d experience first hand.

I was me, Hillary, but I also was a vessel and a proxy.

But sometimes speaking is so hard! It’s like standing still, then sprinting.

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.