Quotes About Sittenfeld

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.

I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.

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

I seriously think he's one of those dudes where, his whole life, he's gotten credit for being smart and moral for no reason other than he's tall. Anyway

the good news would be that it would be such a vividly humiliating experience that surely I'd derive personal and professional inspiration from it for years to come.

I don't get why you'd write scripts for romantic comedies if you think romance is cheesy nonsense." "That's just it, though," I said. "I don't write from a point of clarity. I write out of confusion.

Truthfully, the main thing I study in my study is the TV screen. My bedroom is where I read.