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Susan Isaacs

It’s not all ‘Jane Eyre’ out there. In her sweet, honorable, slightly passive-aggressive way, Jane was as perfect as a protagonist can get while remaining interesting; in fact, she’s one of my favorites. But most characters are more morally ambiguous.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

I hate when people say, ‘Oh, they laughed all the way to the bank.’ That’s nonsense because the most cynical, unhappy people are Hollywood screenwriters. They earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for work that’s never made.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

For a novelist, no matter what, it’s a complete work, even if it’s not published. But if you write a screenplay, and it’s not performed, then it’s a sad and frustrating experience.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

I like to show ordinary people reacting to extraordinary circumstances. It’s an opportunity for adventure, and I like women to have adventures. There’s been far too little of it with women.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

Just as you can accept Miss Marple going to tea with the vicar, there’s no reason why Long Island can’t have a universality to it.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

Whether you’re an obstetrician or a third-grade teacher or a real estate agent, you know when you’re doing good work. You’re passionate about it.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

I never failed at anything in fiction.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

There are so many different worlds in Long Island. That’s why it’s so fascinating. Between Great Neck and Montauk, there are 10,000 worlds.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

My first novel, ‘Compromising Positions,’ was a whodunit. The protagonist was a Long Island Jewish housewife who turns private investigator. But she was Jewish the way I was: lighting Sabbath candles but envying her Protestant and Catholic friends’ December decorating options.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

We joined a Conservative synagogue. I began learning through engagement, rote and reading. Suddenly, I belonged… well, to the extent that a novelist can ever feel she is part of a group; we may be part of a minyan, but we’re not fully merged into the community.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

At the beginning, I really wanted to be home with my kid. I was a product of my generation. But in the suburbs, you are very isolated, really alone.

– Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs

With my middle-class metabolism, the suburbs were where I always wanted to be.

– Susan Isaacs

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