Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes

People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination.

Curtis Sittenfeld

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I tell my students that with a 200-page novel, you are going to write 100 pages that don't make the final cut. See it as an opportunity, although it took me a while to enjoy that 'lost in the woods' feeling.

Joe Meno

OpportunityMeWoodsEnjoyYouLost

There are so many serious things in the world; I just choose not to be one of them.

Jeremy Scott

WorldChooseSeriousThingsJust

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

John Chrysostom

PoorHumanReasonDivineConcepts

The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you're wrinkled.

Maya Angelou

AgingHairFeelYouI CanImportant

In corn, I think I've found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonald's meal, virtually all the carbon in it - and what we eat is mostly carbon - comes from corn.

Michael Pollan

FoodThinkKeyAmericanYouLook

People don't even realize the power the mind has over the body in the way you perceive things. Change your thoughts, change your reality. Words are powerful - every thought and every word we think has an effect on the body.

Miranda Kerr

ChangePowerWordsPeopleMind

When I was 5 years old I started singing in church and I hated my voice because I sounded like a grown woman, not a child. I was ashamed of it.

Loleatta Holloway

WomanChildSingingVoiceChurch

The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium.

Joseph Bologna

StageFilmLiteralDisbeliefMedium

I just had to block someone on Facebook who was impersonating my wife.

Jordan Knight

WifeSomeoneFacebookJustWhoHad

We are not a typical family that goes for a movie on Sunday or has dinner together every night. But we are strong as the Great Wall of China. Nothing can stop us from supporting one another and enduring each other's pain as well.

Alia Bhatt

FamilyGreatTogetherPainDinner

I like anything sweet.

Pharrell Williams

SweetAnythingLike

You don't have to wait for anyone's approval to do things.

Petra Collins

WaitYouThingsApprovalAnyone

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