Author: Francine Prose

Quotes

I can no more reread my own books than I can watch old home movies or look at snapshots of myself as a child. I wind up sitting on the floor, paralyzed by grief and nostalgia.

I can no more reread my own books than I can watch old home movies or look at snapshots of myself as a child. I wind up sitting on the floor, paralyzed by grief and nostalgia.

- Francine Prose

A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh approach to fiction.

A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh approach to fiction.

- Francine Prose

I work really long days and I work seven day weeks.

I work really long days and I work seven day weeks.

- Francine Prose

Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

- Francine Prose

I know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have an attitude where they are not easily fooled.

I know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have an attitude where they are not easily fooled.

- Francine Prose

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