As a little girl, my dollhouse allowed me to imagine a big, perfect, grown-up life in which I’d be effortlessly domestic. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
It’s true of Irish Catholic families. They’re big on story telling and big on saving stories from one generation to the next. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
When you write fiction, you’re like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It’s funny how things come back to you. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
The first book I bought was ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ an edition that is beautiful and complete – one I hope to read with my son someday, seeing it anew through his eyes. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
Early on in the writing process, there is sometimes this temptation to write around the central drama instead of just aiming for the bull’s-eye. The bullseye is harder to hit, of course, but it’s so much more satisfying when you do. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
I sometimes read on the subway, but I’m a hopeless eavesdropper and get easily distracted by strangers’ conversations. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I’m walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets. J. Courtney Sullivan Read Quote
