Author: John Searles

Quotes

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

- John Searles

I think I'm more sympathetic to writers, to the work and the struggle and the craft of it, than when I was in graduate school at NYU and was very judgmental.

I think I'm more sympathetic to writers, to the work and the struggle and the craft of it, than when I was in graduate school at NYU and was very judgmental.

- John Searles

No one in my family had ever even gone to college.

No one in my family had ever even gone to college.

- John Searles

All my friends are female, I've edited for a magazine for young girls for 15 years, I relate to women, and I'm very, very close to my younger sister.

All my friends are female, I've edited for a magazine for young girls for 15 years, I relate to women, and I'm very, very close to my younger sister.

- John Searles

I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space.

I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space.

- John Searles

At the age of 70-something, Helen Gurley Brown was still a woman who knew how to get men to look at her.

At the age of 70-something, Helen Gurley Brown was still a woman who knew how to get men to look at her.

- John Searles

Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I'm so happy I did.

Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I'm so happy I did.

- John Searles

I love being able to be a writer. That's what I moved to New York to be.

I love being able to be a writer. That's what I moved to New York to be.

- John Searles

My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can't imagine ever being locked up in a room writing all the time.

My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can't imagine ever being locked up in a room writing all the time.

- John Searles

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