I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn’t hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible identity-based misfortune. I wanted to write a pretty standard romantic comedy where nobody dies, nobody gets hurt, nobody gets sick. Camille Perri Read Quote
I’m a big fan of rituals in general because I’m a firm believer in muscle memory. Camille Perri Read Quote
I’ve trained myself to write the first two or three hours I’m awake simply by doing it every day. If life stuff interferes with this sacred time, I get very cranky. Camille Perri Read Quote
When I read Alison Bechdel’s ‘Fun Home,’ it was the first time I saw drawings that looked like me. Camille Perri Read Quote
I’m not sure if it’s easier to address tough themes through humor, but I do think it’s more fun and makes such themes easier to digest for the reader. Camille Perri Read Quote
I wrote ‘The Assistants’ while I was the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of ‘Esquire.’ Camille Perri Read Quote
