I really tried to avoid living in L.A. for as long as I can. Sarah Dunn More Quotes by Sarah Dunn More Quotes From Sarah Dunn Why does anyone stay in an unhappy relationship? Because people do. They do it all the time. And the truth is, when you're in it, when you're up to your neck in the everyday part of life with another human being, sometimes you don't exactly notice how bad things really are. Sarah Dunn relationship two people You've got to let people be just, you know, people. Everyone does bad things sometimes, for all sorts of reasons. You've got to at least understand. Sarah Dunn cooperation doe people It was one of those perfect New York October afternoons, when the explosion of oranges and yellows against the bright blue sky makes you feel like your life is passing through your fingers, that you've felt this autumn-feeling before and you'll probably get to feel it again, but one day you won't anymore, because you'll be dead. Sarah Dunn autumn new-york blue Just because I'd spent so many years coloring inside the lines, it wasn't fair for me to expect perfection. People make mistakes. Life isn't fair. People change. Sarah Dunn mistake people years She knew that what she was going through was nothing special, just garden-variety heartbreak, the sort of thing that poets and novelists had been writing about for hundreds of years, but she also knew, from those same books, that there were people who never recover form it, ones who go on through life beset by a dim and painful longing. Sarah Dunn writing relationship book She never got a chance to fall out of love, to do it properly, slowly and thoroughly, and the result was he was like a phantom limb. Gone but still there. And like a true phantom limb, the preponderance of feelings associated with him were painful. Sarah Dunn falling-in-love gone feelings Ordinarily, I am the person who falls in love quickly and somewhat inappropriately and then goes on to destroy what is a good thing. That's always been my style. So, you know: I get it. And I feel right now the way I imagine all those guys felt with me. And I have to say, for the first time in my life, I feel something approaching compassion for them. Sarah Dunn dating falling-in-love compassion I really don't think you need to be 40 and have three kids and have a body of an 18-year-old. Sarah Dunn think you three body Writing novels is so much more satisfying than writing television. Sarah Dunn than more writing television I'm an introvert. Sarah Dunn introvert A show is like it's own thing... it's a creation from so many people's talent and so much energy. Sarah Dunn own talent energy people If you really want to stay married to the person you're currently married to, I would not suggest trying an open marriage. Sarah Dunn person you marriage trying I think that our culture is doing something to women - let's say women in their late 30s and 40s and probably even 50s, - where they really are expected to keep this insane level of fitness and youth. I find that just a real waste of women's lives. I really do think that. Sarah Dunn women youth fitness culture I don't really go on diets because when I go on a diet, my brain stops working. I mean, really, that's all I think about: what I can eat, what I can't eat. I sort of decided that's not what I want to do with my time on this planet. It's not it. Sarah Dunn diet think brain time For me, the word 'housewife,' because of, like, the 'Real Housewives' - I don't think housewife really means what it used to mean. To me, it's been a little bit overused to the point that it's not as loaded as it might be. I feel like in a perfect world we would say 'American Mom with Kids,' or something like that. 'Mom with Small Children.' Sarah Dunn me mom children world I am really bad at being a mom. I think it's hard for me to be a mom. I do my best. I am not the poster child for being a mother, I will say that. I wish I was. Sarah Dunn i-am best me mother If you're going to be married for a long time, I think you'll have a fair number of moments where you question things, no matter how good your marriage is. Sarah Dunn good you marriage time I love being married. I love my house; I love my kids. I love all of it. Sarah Dunn being house love kids Writing a novel, when it's all going well, it's wonderful. You're lost in the world, and you have a relationship with your own mind. Also, as a novelist, you don't have to yell at anyone. But being an executive producer of a TV show, all you have is people coming at you with questions, and you're making decisions, decisions, decisions. Sarah Dunn you mind relationship people Love makes you deluded. Sarah Dunn makes you deluded love
