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I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

Curtis Sittenfeld

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Curtis Sittenfeld
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 23
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Cincinnati
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There are people we treat wrong and later we're prepared to treat other people right. Perhaps this sounds mercenary, but I feel grateful for these trial relationships, and I would like to think it all evens out - surely, unknowingly, I have served as practice for other people.
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To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.
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I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.
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I just like to inhabit a character really deeply.
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When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy.
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I don't know what it is about human beings but most of us really like reading about or observing sexual tension and romance. It's just so much fun. I don't know if there is some Darwinian thing in us that really responds to that, but I think the most memorable scenes to me in books and movies are the ones where a couple is about to kiss.
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