Lauren Groff

At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing.

Time is the currency - the highest valued currency we have now. And people giving you their time is so incredible. They don't have to like your book, either. That's a totally separate gift.

If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

New York being what it is, our museums are vertical, not horizontal. That means the stumbling blocks to architectural clarity are unavoidable - but certainly surmountable.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.