The purpose of fiction is not to make people seem nice. What makes anyone think people are nice? Look around you! Elizabeth Strout fictionmakenice Change image and share on social
I love the comfort of daily life's routines: things like being able to read a paper on the subway. It's no accident that my favourite word is 'quotidian.' Elizabeth Strout accidentcomfortdaily Change image and share on social
My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it. Elizabeth Strout afternooncleanelderly Change image and share on social
I don't ever really know where I get my characters from. Elizabeth Strout character Change image and share on social
As a novelist, I like the contained drama and complexity of the courtroom, though I don't watch those shows on TV. I prefer the hospital shows because I wanted to be a doctor. Elizabeth Strout complexitycontaincourtroom Change image and share on social
I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being. Elizabeth Strout actoraudiencehuman 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
For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I read tons of books on that train; I loved it. Elizabeth Strout bookbrooklyncommute Change image and share on social
I sometimes miss the sense of excitement that I remember having when I was younger. I miss that sense of, 'Oh wow.' I think it's part of aging. Elizabeth Strout agingexcitementmis Change image and share on social
The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few readers that I get or a lot of readers, which I was lucky enough to get with 'Olive.' I feel responsible to them, to deliver something as truthful and straight as I can. Elizabeth Strout deliverfactfeel share on social
