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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see 'Eligible' as a homage, and I see 'Pride and Prejudice' as a perfect book. You can dispute whether this project is a good idea, but you can't dispute my fondness for the novel.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
In general, when any of us get outraged by relatively minor pop-cultural phenomena, I suspect it's a way of relaxing and not focussing on more daunting and intractable problems, whether personal or social.
- Haunting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything 'Atonement' does, it does incredibly well, including depicting characters of varying ages and temperaments and showing the intensity of early romantic love and connection and the very different intensity of haunting regret.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an ongoing 'water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink' situation at my house in terms of both pens and paper.
- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
In general, I believe it's fine to have impassioned conversations about Gwyneth Paltrow, but those of us who do so should admit it's a recreational activity and not a moral referendum.
- Enjoy Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy reading tips about how to be more organized, and I rarely implement them.
- Ice Cream
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Cincinnati, the birthplace of the creamiest and most delicious ice cream with the hugest chocolate chips. Graeter's used to be available only regionally, but an extravagant thing you could do was overnight-ship six pints to another state, in dry ice.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Weirdly, even as I became more confident as a writer and as a person, I completely lost faith in my own ability to shop for clothes.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2013, before the publication of my fourth novel, I met with a stylist at Nordstrom. Since then, I've rarely shopped for 'event clothes' on my own. I usually do it with my sisters or a friend; if I'm alone, I take pictures of myself in the dressing room and text them to my sisters.
- Flourishes
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of times, in a store, clothes appear strange to me, their cuts or flourishes arbitrary. Why is this look stylish now? How long will it be stylish for? It's slightly embarrassing to admit this - because, as a novelist, I'm supposed to be observant - but I'm flummoxed by the way other women dress.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are always interesting, innovative, dynamic stories being written and being published. They're not always being prominently published, but they're being published.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there are people who think 'high school was the peak of my life,' and there are people who think it was dreadful, and then, I think most people are somewhere in between. I do think that it's normal to experience strong emotions during that time, and I think those emotions stay with you.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think everyone is equally haunted by high school, but I also don't think it's unusual to be.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something that's interesting is how my perspective on different events can change over time even though the events themselves haven't changed. As I get older, I interpret something differently, or I can even interpret a person differently.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For most of my life - well, maybe half of my life, but basically until I was in my mid-20s - I wrote stories. From the time I was 5 or 6 until I was 25. And I read a lot of stories during that time.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 'Gender Studies,' I wrote that story in May and June of 2016. People have said to me, 'Oh, it's a political allegory,' and I think, 'Sure.' The political stuff is definitely there. But that's why I like fiction; there can be lots of different things going on, and it's all intertwined, and you can't separate out what's in what category.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020