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In general, when any of us get outraged by relatively minor pop-cultural phenomena, I suspect it's a way of relaxing and not focussing on more daunting and intractable problems, whether personal or social.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Any Daunting General Get Minor More Outraged Personal Phenomena Problems Relatively Relaxing Social Suspect Us Way Whether

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Everything 'Atonement' does, it does incredibly well, including depicting characters of varying ages and temperaments and showing the intensity of early romantic love and connection and the very different intensity of haunting regret.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Ages Atonement Characters Connection Depicting Different Does Early Everything Haunting Including Incredibly Intensity Love Regret Romantic Romantic Love Showing Very Well

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There's an ongoing 'water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink' situation at my house in terms of both pens and paper.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Both Drink Drop Everywhere House Ongoing Paper Pens Situation Terms Water

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In general, I believe it's fine to have impassioned conversations about Gwyneth Paltrow, but those of us who do so should admit it's a recreational activity and not a moral referendum.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: About Activity Admit Believe Conversations Fine General Moral Recreational Referendum Should Those Us Who I Believe Gwyneth

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I enjoy reading tips about how to be more organized, and I rarely implement them.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: About Enjoy How Implement More Organized Rarely Reading Them Tips

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I grew up in Cincinnati, the birthplace of the creamiest and most delicious ice cream with the hugest chocolate chips. Graeter's used to be available only regionally, but an extravagant thing you could do was overnight-ship six pints to another state, in dry ice.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Another Available Birthplace Chips Chocolate Cincinnati Could Cream Delicious Dry Extravagant Grew Ice Ice Cream Most Only Six State Thing Up Used You

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Weirdly, even as I became more confident as a writer and as a person, I completely lost faith in my own ability to shop for clothes.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Ability Became Clothes Confident Even Faith Lost More My Own Own Person Shop Weirdly Writer

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In 2013, before the publication of my fourth novel, I met with a stylist at Nordstrom. Since then, I've rarely shopped for 'event clothes' on my own. I usually do it with my sisters or a friend; if I'm alone, I take pictures of myself in the dressing room and text them to my sisters.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Alone Before Clothes Dressing Dressing Room Event Fourth Friend Met My Own Myself Novel Own Pictures Publication Rarely Room Since Sisters Stylist Take Text Them Then

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There are always interesting, innovative, dynamic stories being written and being published. They're not always being prominently published, but they're being published.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Always Being Dynamic Innovative Interesting Published Stories Written

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I think there are people who think 'high school was the peak of my life,' and there are people who think it was dreadful, and then, I think most people are somewhere in between. I do think that it's normal to experience strong emotions during that time, and I think those emotions stay with you.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

Topics: Between Dreadful Emotions Experience High High School Life Most My Life Normal Peak People School Somewhere Stay Strong Then Think Those Time Who You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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