Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz

Quotes

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

- Jean Hanff Korelitz

A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.

A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.

- Jean Hanff Korelitz

Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no god reigned so supreme as the god of literary prose.

Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no god reigned so supreme as the god of literary prose.

- Jean Hanff Korelitz

Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

- Jean Hanff Korelitz

The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer.

The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer.

- Jean Hanff Korelitz

Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care.

Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care.

- Jean Hanff Korelitz

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