Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt is an American novelist. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You, as well as 8 other novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
jobs real thinking
There have been years where I've had to take a real job and I wrote during slow times and lunches. I think never forgetting how lucky I am to be able to do something I love has really fueled me.
needs moments clear
I've always had a clear sense that time is short and we need to live as fully as we can in every moment.
seeming
When you love what you do, it stops seeming like work and instead becomes necessity.
husband son thinking
I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.
people roles way
E-readers are changing the way we read, and the author is now required to get out there and be a kind of showman, an unlikely role for introspective people used to working in their pajamas!
thinking internet twitter-and-facebook
I think the Internet has made things a lot easier. Twitter and Facebook let you really connect to your readers effortlessly!
people stories needs
People love stories. They need stories.
writing
I write about the things that haunt or obsess me.
adoption fabulous open-adoption
Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it's so traumatizing for everybody.
thinking cities bigs
I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself.
teacher jesus tests
I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.
heart first-love boys
I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with a string of broken hearts trailing behind him.
names hot mouths
A product name has to be specific. You know that Tasty Soup is tasty - that Hot Chips will burn off the roof of your mouth.
believe risk naysayers
Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't take no for an answer from anyone - go ahead and prove the naysayers wrong. Believe that anything can be possible.