The worst thing that's ever happened to you is not the worst thing that's ever happened to anybody. Lauren Grodstein More Quotes by Lauren Grodstein More Quotes From Lauren Grodstein I'm inspired by people who are really deliberate and careful with their lives, and people who are kind. And of course I'm inspired by people who work hard and don't complain about it. I myself work hard but sometimes, I admit, I do complain. Lauren Grodstein hard-workcomplainingpeople I've found a bit of success in my career, and I'm very relieved by it, but the success that comes after a book is published is never as happy as the feeling of writing, of knowing you've written something good, of feeling like you've had a worthwhile day in the chair. That's the best feeling I know, and as soon as writing stops making me feel that way, I'll stop doing it. Lauren Grodstein feelingswritingbook Some people need God and some people need science. Lauren Grodstein need-godpeopleneeds A beloved student of mine told me she believed the earth was approximately 6,000 years old. She was smart, she was thoughtful, and she was wrong. But I couldn't discount her - I respected her too much. So I debated with her, using every bit of science and logic I had, but I still failed to convince her that the earth was billions of years old. Lauren Grodstein thoughtfulsmartyears I hate the word juicy in describing anything: lips, plots, oranges. But especially novels. It feels - icky. Reminds me of saliva. Lauren Grodstein orangeplothate I like writing dialogue - I can hear my characters so clearly that writing dialogue often feels as much like transcribing something as it does like creating it. Lauren Grodstein creatingwritingcharacter I wish I were better at straightforward description. I feel like I'm usually overdoing it or underdoing it, and it takes a lot of tweaking to get the details right. Lauren Grodstein descriptiondetailswish I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care either. Which is why every time somebody cares enough to read a novel of mine, or respond to it - a reader, a reviewer, even my own editor - I'm a little bit amazed, and so hugely grateful. Lauren Grodstein editorsgratefulwriting
