There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.
Curtis SittenfeldI don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating
Curtis SittenfeldI always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.
Curtis SittenfeldOf course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.
Curtis SittenfeldBefore and after... I heard a thousand times that a boy, or a man, can't make you happy, that you have to be happy on your own before you can be happy with another person. All I can say is, I wish it were true.
Curtis SittenfeldI have always found the times when another person recognizes you to be strangely sad; I suspect the pathos of these moments is their rareness, the way they contrast with most daily encounters. That reminder that it can be different, that you need not go through your life unknown but that you probably still will--that is the part that's almost unbearable.
Curtis Sittenfeld