I Live By Edith Whartons

I Don't Have Any Real Goals Except To Follow One Good Sentence With Another... I'm Not The Kind Of Writer Who Has A Map.

We Are All Children Until Our Fathers Die.

Whenever People Say They Didn't Like The Main Character Of A Book, They Mean They Didn't Like The Book. The Main Character Has To Be A Friend? I Don't Get That.

Finally, I Asked How You Got A Boy To Like You Back. She Said, 'just Be Yourself,' As Though I Had Any Idea Who That Might Be.

Olive Kitteridge' Is A Masterpiece: The Writing Is So Perfect You Don't Even Notice It; The Story Is So Vivid It's Less Like Reading A Story Than Experiencing It Firsthand.