There are days where I lose track of time, of place, of everything else, because I've been transported to another universe. Susan Isaacs dayhavelose Change image and share on social
We joined a Conservative synagogue. I began learning through engagement, rote and reading. Suddenly, I belonged... well, to the extent that a novelist can ever feel she is part of a group; we may be part of a minyan, but we're not fully merged into the community. Susan Isaacs beginbelongcommunity share on social
It's no coincidence that I began writing the day my daughter started school. I knew everything I knew before I began to write, but I was raising two children and didn't have the time to get to the typewriter. Susan Isaacs beginchildcoincidence share on social
It's not that I'm apolitical... In my youth, I was a freelance political speechwriter, which taught me a lot about writing fiction, I must add. Susan Isaacs addapoliticalfiction Change image and share on social
As for writing novels - it's what I've done for 30 some-odd years. I can't suddenly say I'm going to take up golf. I need something in my life. As long as I can write a coherent sentence, I'll keep at it. Susan Isaacs coherentgolfhave share on social
My first novel, 'Compromising Positions,' was a whodunit. The protagonist was a Long Island Jewish housewife who turns private investigator. But she was Jewish the way I was: lighting Sabbath candles but envying her Protestant and Catholic friends' December decorating options. Susan Isaacs candlecatholiccompromise share on social
As soon as someone is coming from New York, I automatically think I have to get dressed up. Susan Isaacs automaticallycomedress Change image and share on social
With my middle-class metabolism, the suburbs were where I always wanted to be. Susan Isaacs classmetabolismmiddle Change image and share on social
I like to show ordinary people reacting to extraordinary circumstances. It's an opportunity for adventure, and I like women to have adventures. There's been far too little of it with women. Susan Isaacs adventurecircumstanceextraordinary Change image and share on social
I was always the weirdo who wanted to have an egalitarian service in synagogue and felt I was always going against the grain. Susan Isaacs egalitarianfeltgrain Change image and share on social
