Caroline Leavitt

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves. ”

I absolutely want and prize and love and revere every single media review I get, but if I got 50 reviews from major newspapers and one review from Amazon, I still would feel a little weird: 'What's going on? Why aren't people responding?' ”

I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with a string of broken hearts trailing behind him. ”

People love stories. They need stories. ”

I love rewriting because that is where and how you discover the story. It's like you have this skeleton, and you get to put flesh on it and hair and clothes and really wonderful jewelry. ”

I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do. ”

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?' ”

Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill. ”

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope. ”

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life. ”