I had a series of terrible jobs, whatever would allow me to write for four hours during the day. During that time I wrote three novels - all of which were extraordinarily poor. I decided after that to go and get my MFA.
I love Twitter. It's like having a closet full of clever friends that you can visit twice a day, then shove back into the darkness when you're tired … - Lauren Groff
I love Twitter. It's like having a closet full of clever friends that you can visit twice a day, then shove back into the darkness when you're tired …
- Lauren Groff
I'm a private person, a shy person. Sometimes, reading for eleven hours straight feels to me like the perfect way to spend a day. - Lauren Groff
I'm a private person, a shy person. Sometimes, reading for eleven hours straight feels to me like the perfect way to spend a day.
Sometimes you have to let time carry you past your troubles. - Lauren Groff
Sometimes you have to let time carry you past your troubles.
A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control over aspects of my life or the world that… - Lauren Groff
A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control over aspects of my life or the world that…
The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves. - Lauren Groff
The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves.
I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the… - Lauren Groff
I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the…
Sex is a good starting point for everything. - Lauren Groff
Sex is a good starting point for everything.
My childhood was as conventional as you could get. - Lauren Groff
My childhood was as conventional as you could get.
When I was small and easily wounded books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book they somehow mattered less. My cor… - Lauren Groff
When I was small and easily wounded books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book they somehow mattered less. My cor…
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