Susan Straight Real novelists, those we admire, those we consider timeless in their language and character and scene, those who receive accolades for inventive language and form, have writing lives we imagine in specific ways. – Susan Straight Accolades Quotes Admire Quotes Character Quotes Form Quotes Imagine Quotes Inventive Quotes Language Quotes Lives Quotes Novelists Quotes Real Quotes Receive Quotes Scene Quotes Specific Quotes Timeless Quotes Writing Quotes For someone like me who’s lived in the same place her whole life – I mean, I lived three blocks from where I was born, and I met my future husband in the eighth grade – there are always family stories and legends passed down. I have not ever been able to decide how would my girls have fared if they came up in a different time?
Joshua Cohen In mid-20th-century America, it could be argued that the novelist still had the most claim of anyone to omniscience. Whatever he/she couldn’t prove, he/she could gesture at. – Joshua Cohen
Margherita Missoni I like the brand BioNike for shower gel, creams, deodorant, and hair products. I also love RestivOil – it’s a yellowy, orange shampoo that I’ve used forever because it’s the gentlest on the scalp. – Margherita Missoni
Reshma Saujani I believe in the power of peer mentorship. When I learned how to ask for a raise, how to fire someone, how to deal with a board challenge – I didn’t get that from mentors like Hillary Clinton. I got that from women who were my friends and who had already done the thing that I was doing. – Reshma Saujani
Eric Lefkofsky Any business that is looking for new customers needs to understand the Internet and how to market their goods or services through it. – Eric Lefkofsky
Nicole Holofcener The fact that I get to write and direct my own personal story is an amazing thing. – Nicole Holofcener
Ol Parker There is a scene that I wrote with the line, ‘It’s a terrible day when a man’s daughter brings a boy home for the first time.’ I’ll never be ready for it, I would like to stop my children growing, I don’t know how to handle it. – Ol Parker
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