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Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes

A successful birth is not a birth without drugs or monitors or surgery. A successful birth is when you’re alive and the baby’s alive Picture Quote #1

Portia remembered her interview in the small office upstairs...in which she had been so shy, so terrified about not being good enough, not getting this thing, this chance, which she had only just discovered she wanted very badly Picture Quote #1

When you get right down to it, there’s something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might prevent you from finding out what happens next Picture Quote #1

Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it’s somebody else’s idea Picture Quote #1

My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars’ production companies, and once someone actually hired a screenwriter to adapt one of my books - but it all came to nothing, so I tried not to get too excited when a Hollywood suitor came calling for ‘Admission,’ my fourth novel Picture Quote #1

I made it to London aged six, an event I recorded in my diary with coloured markers to convey my sense of occasion. And in 1983, after graduating from college, I returned to spend two years at Cambridge University Picture Quote #1

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Serious writers pretend they don’t care about film adaptations of their work, but it’s a colossal lie: We all care Picture Quote #1

I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up Picture Quote #1

Pacing is not the sort of thing you can plan out beforehand, but you’re always aware of it as you write, because you need to make constant decisions Picture Quote #1

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language Picture Quote #1

The first time I went to Helene Hanff’s apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer Picture Quote #1

Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no God reigned so supreme as the God of literary prose Picture Quote #1

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She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes Picture Quote #1

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A successful birth is not a birth without drugs or monitors or surgery. A successful birth is when you’re alive and the baby’s alive. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) Portia remembered her interview in the small office upstairs...in which she had been so shy, so terrified about not being good enough, not getting this thing, this chance, which she had only just discovered she wanted very badly. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) When you get right down to it, there’s something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might prevent you from finding out what happens next. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it’s somebody else’s idea. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars’ production companies, and once someone actually hired a screenwriter to adapt one of my books - but it all came to nothing, so I tried not to get too excited when a Hollywood suitor came calling for ‘Admission,’ my fourth novel. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) I made it to London aged six, an event I recorded in my diary with coloured markers to convey my sense of occasion. And in 1983, after graduating from college, I returned to spend two years at Cambridge University. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) Serious writers pretend they don’t care about film adaptations of their work, but it’s a colossal lie: We all care. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) Pacing is not the sort of thing you can plan out beforehand, but you’re always aware of it as you write, because you need to make constant decisions. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) The first time I went to Helene Hanff’s apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no God reigned so supreme as the God of literary prose. (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes) She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes (Jean Hanff Korelitz Quotes)