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I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character in a book that's by someone else.

Curtis Sittenfeld

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Curtis Sittenfeld
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 23
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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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The better you learn to take care of yourself, the less you settle for being around people who can't or won't treat you as well as you're accustomed.
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I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.
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I guess I consider myself at times to have intuition.
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I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.
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And I am pretty sure that's the point of reading fiction -- so someone else can say in a way you never would have something you recognize immediately.
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We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.
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