Lauren Grodstein famous quotes

Some people need God and some people need science.
-- Lauren Grodstein

#People #Needs #Need God

The worst thing that's ever happened to you is not the worst thing that's ever happened to anybody.
-- Lauren Grodstein

#Worst #Happened #Worst Things

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

#Grateful #Writing #Editors

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 Work #People #Complaining

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

#Book #Writing #Feelings

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

#Smart #Thoughtful #Years

I hate the word juicy in describing anything: lips, plots, oranges. But especially novels. It feels - icky. Reminds me of saliva.
-- Lauren Grodstein

#Hate #Orange #Plot

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

#Writing #Character #Creating

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

#Wish #Details #Description

Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'

My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.

Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.

If you are walking with Jesus, in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. No believer has gone as far as God wants him to go

For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and ­irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.

Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.

You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.

I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.