If you get divorced in New York, you go into therapy and will talk to anybody you meet on the sidewalk about it. Elizabeth Strout divorcemeetsidewalk Change image and share on social
My parents were very, very, very strict. Elizabeth Strout parentstrict Change image and share on social
I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I've always been touched by the idea of criminality. Elizabeth Strout criminalcriminalitydeep share on social
I don't want to live in Maine full time, but the physical beauty is very striking. It is the exact opposite of New York. When you walk through my small town to get a cup of coffee, you bump into five people you know. Elizabeth Strout beautybumpcoffee share on social
I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write. Elizabeth Strout bookmakewant Change image and share on social
I don't think of myself as a fast reader. I just read a lot. When someone else might think, 'I might do the dishes,' I don't. But then the dishes multiply. Elizabeth Strout dishfastlot Change image and share on social
'Pnin' by Vladimir Nabokov, which is a literally small book, fit right in my common law book. I would sit in class and read it. Elizabeth Strout bookclasscommon Change image and share on social
I like people a lot, but I am not comfortable in literary New York situations. There is deep anxiety and tension around success here. I don't share problems I'm having about my work, and I think conversations around publishing are boring. Elizabeth Strout anxietyborecomfortable share on social
Oh, I do a tremendous amount of rewriting. I just obsessively rewrite. Although sometimes there are sections, sometimes you're just lucky and a paragraph will just kind of come out. And that's great. But that's not ordinary in a day's work. Elizabeth Strout amountdaygreat share on social
I got a gerontology certificate a million years ago along with my law degree, so I've been interested in older people for many years. Some people grow up with a lot of kids around, but I just grew up with a lot of old people. Elizabeth Strout agocertificatedegree share on social
