It's always fun to talk about a novel.Susan StraightTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“It's always fun to talk about a novel.
“The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?”Susan StraightDialogue
“The American fantasy of love is the 'meet-cute,' 'Love at first sight,' and 'You had me at hello!' The completely spontaneous version of accidental love, which doesn't care about demographics and social compatibility.”
“I love seeing America vote, through the prism of my older working class neighborhood in Riverside, California.”Susan StraightCalifornia
“Teachers spend most of their daytime hours with children. Teachers at every level, coaches, counselors, cafeteria workers and yes, custodians, spend their hours trying to make children's lives different, if not always better.”Susan StraightCoaches
“A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.”Rose TremainNovel
“Movies are about people; there're not about ideas. It's like great novels. Great novels are not about ideas. There's never been a great novel about ideas.”Michael CiminoNovel