Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz

Quotes

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

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

To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.

To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.

- 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

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

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

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