Author: Lauren Groff

Quotes

We think of stories a lot of the time as being horizontal texts, beginning to end. But I love the idea of having little vertical spikes in the story, too.

We think of stories a lot of the time as being horizontal texts, beginning to end. But I love the idea of having little vertical spikes in the story, too.

- Lauren Groff

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

- Lauren Groff

Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery.

Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery.

- Lauren Groff

At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing.

At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing.

- Lauren Groff

Bigger stories are made out of longer acquaintance with fact and character, but I also love the tiny stories in which almost everything has to be inferred and imagined.

Bigger stories are made out of longer acquaintance with fact and character, but I also love the tiny stories in which almost everything has to be inferred and imagined.

- Lauren Groff

A lot of books about marriage are about marriages falling apart.

A lot of books about marriage are about marriages falling apart.

- Lauren Groff

But I've married a deeply sensible person who is extremely good at talking me down from my various ledges, and who takes care of me in a billion ways.

But I've married a deeply sensible person who is extremely good at talking me down from my various ledges, and who takes care of me in a billion ways.

- Lauren Groff

I feel as if I've been so inured to failure, because I fail more than I succeed. As with any kind of fiction, I throw out so many pages; I get rejected so many times.

I feel as if I've been so inured to failure, because I fail more than I succeed. As with any kind of fiction, I throw out so many pages; I get rejected so many times.

- Lauren Groff

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