I liked the idea of giving Eligible a feminist flavor. While I do think that in Pride and Prejudice, Liz Bennet is very bold, she is also very restri…

- Curtis Sittenfeld

Obviously the bar is much higher now for a behavior to be scandalous. Social media has really changed the way people live. It's not a new impulse; it…

- Curtis Sittenfeld

I was 16 years old, attending boarding school, and I loved Pride and Prejudice. From the opening pages, I loved it. And I will say in my class, not o…

- Curtis Sittenfeld

Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated by something, you th…

- Curtis Sittenfeld

We have to make mistakes, its how we learn compassion for others

- Curtis Sittenfeld

I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male charac…

- Curtis Sittenfeld

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

- Curtis Sittenfeld

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

- Curtis Sittenfeld

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sinc…

- Curtis Sittenfeld