Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of his eighteenth beer. They want a family that is so much fun and is so smart that they look forward to Thanksgiving rather than regarding it with a shudder. That's the glitter part. The stable part is, obviously, they don't want to be one bead on a long necklace of wives. They want, just like men, fun, love, fame, money and power. And equal pay for equal work.
I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me, for one reason or another, it usuall… - Carolyn See
I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me, for one reason or another, it usuall…
- Carolyn See
Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of his eighteenth beer. … - Carolyn See
Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of his eighteenth beer. …
I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the paper, you make a couple of phone calls, and … - Carolyn See
I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the paper, you make a couple of phone calls, and …
I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me. - Carolyn See
I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me.
I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you could tell who… - Carolyn See
I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you could tell who…
Reality is when you pay the rent. Get caught in traffic or your car breaks down. Really it's an AM/FM sort of thing. You've got reality and then ther… - Carolyn See
Reality is when you pay the rent. Get caught in traffic or your car breaks down. Really it's an AM/FM sort of thing. You've got reality and then ther…
Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version. - Carolyn See
Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.
I don't know what people think they're trying to do with literary novels, but they're trying to do something. They're trying to change the world, alt… - Carolyn See
I don't know what people think they're trying to do with literary novels, but they're trying to do something. They're trying to change the world, alt…
A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of what it is to be… - Carolyn See
A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of what it is to be…
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