I'm inspired by people who are really deliberate and careful with their lives, and people who are kind. And of course I'm inspired by people who work…

- Lauren Grodstein

A beloved student of mine told me she believed the earth was approximately 6,000 years old. She was smart, she was thoughtful, and she was wrong. But…

- Lauren Grodstein

I like writing dialogue - I can hear my characters so clearly that writing dialogue often feels as much like transcribing something as it does like c…

- Lauren Grodstein

I wish I were better at straightforward description. I feel like I'm usually overdoing it or underdoing it, and it takes a lot of tweaking to get the…

- Lauren Grodstein

I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care either. Which is why every time so…

- Lauren Grodstein

I've found a bit of success in my career, and I'm very relieved by it, but the success that comes after a book is published is never as happy as the …

- Lauren Grodstein

Some people need God and some people need science.

- Lauren Grodstein

The worst thing that's ever happened to you is not the worst thing that's ever happened to anybody.

- Lauren Grodstein

I hate the word juicy in describing anything: lips, plots, oranges. But especially novels. It feels - icky. Reminds me of saliva.

- Lauren Grodstein