I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes entertain purge reader
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 deeplyexperiencegift Change image and share on social
I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are. Curtis Sittenfeld fictionguesspeople Change image and share on social
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 biologyboardexperience Change image and share on social
Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history. Mal Peet beliefconnectdidacticism Change image and share on social
When I was being honest with myself, I had to own that there was something about me that was drawing an energy in my life that left me feeling underserved and unfulfilled. I decided to grow. I decided to purge myself of anyone and anything that was not full of goodness, serving me or making me happy. Niecy Nash decidedrawenergy share on social
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me. Ann Bancroft lousyluckyreader Change image and share on social