129 quotes found
Novelist · American
American novelist
“Cal: Im not presuming. I know exactly what you think about me. You think Im an anal-retentive Armrest Nazi . . . an arrogant Modelizer. You cant stand the way I talk, any of the subjects I choose t...”
“But Grandmre is just like all those other women who go around wanting the same rights as men, but dont want to call themselves feminists. Because that isnt feminine.”
“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
“But mom's been depressed ever since her last boyfriend turned out to be a Republican.”
“I realized Michael was right. I mean, I am always writing in this journal. And I do compose a lot of poetry, and write a lot of notes and emails and stuff. I mean, I feel like I am always writing. ...”
“I think we're given multiple chances to meet multiple soulmates. Sure, you could meet a soulmate in highschool. But that doesn't mean if you don't act on it, you'll never meet anyone else. You will...”
“Weight doesnt matter. It really doesnt. I mean, it does if youre a model or whatever.”
“I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you. Thats what Chaz had whispered in my ear at some point during the wedding last night.Then hed whispered. And youre...”
“Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that's how I felt about drawing.”
“And you can't have two stars in one relationship. Somebody has to be willing to be the wagon...at lease some of the time”
“To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself”
“And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were either a drug d...”
“Its one thing to protect yourself, Dad yelled at me during our very next lunch. That I get. Have I ever told you not to defend yourself? No. But did you have to permanently maim him? I spent all th...”
“Who-who are you?" Seth asked, hesitantly."Wh-what do you want?" How else was was I supposed to reply? The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.I mean, I'd only seen the movie like se...”
“Sorry, Bex," Jason said "You don't have the recognizable facial characteristics - such as a huge chin, or a large amount of real estate between the eyes - that would merit the bestowing of a crimin...”
“And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just girls. But the voices Joan heard were real. Theres clear and substantiated proof they w...”
“And that's that as you get older, you lose things, things you don't necessarily want to lose.”
“My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.”
“I usually know almost exactly how I feel. The problem is, I just can't tell anyone.”
“It was around then that the phone rang. It was my friend Cee Cee, wanting to know if I cared to join her and Adam McTavish at the Coffee Clutch to drink iced tea and talk bad about everyone we know.”
