..and I thought how liking a boy was just the same as believing you wanted to know a secret - everything was better when you were denied and could feel tormented by curiousity or loneliness. But the moment of something happening was treacherous. It was just so tiring to have to worry about whether your face was peeling, or to have to laugh at stories that werenโt funny.
Curtis SittenfeldShe really does like him, she likes lying next to him, she wants to be around him; when you get down to it, can you say that about many people?
Curtis SittenfeldI thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will not get any criticism. I might as well write the book that I want to write.
Curtis SittenfeldWhen I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.
Curtis SittenfeldI just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women.
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