Author: Mona Simpson

Quotes

We have all these cultural assumptions about love. People get hurt, and we say, 'Oh, it's no one's fault.'

We have all these cultural assumptions about love. People get hurt, and we say, 'Oh, it's no one's fault.'

- Mona Simpson

Even more than we want good love for ourselves, we want it for our children, those vulnerable satellites of our hearts that we send, unsteady, into the world.

Even more than we want good love for ourselves, we want it for our children, those vulnerable satellites of our hearts that we send, unsteady, into the world.

- Mona Simpson

I've never had an exclusive relationship to a room where I write. I used to want one.

I've never had an exclusive relationship to a room where I write. I used to want one.

- Mona Simpson

'Casebook' is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.

'Casebook' is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.

- Mona Simpson

I'm a believer in using whatever works for fiction, but mostly, that's not life.

I'm a believer in using whatever works for fiction, but mostly, that's not life.

- Mona Simpson

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