J. Courtney Sullivan
J. Courtney Sullivan
Julie Courtney Sullivan, better known as J. Courtney Sullivan, is an American novelist and former writer for The New York Times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
fate world timing
Timing was everything when it came to being a woman—the moment you entered the world could seal your fate.
dressing-up guy dinner
I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.
men thinking way
I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking.
smell skins
I love the smell of a mans skin.
girl apologizing modern
This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didn’t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did in the old days. She flaunted it and, having been given more than any woman before her, demanded even more than that.
night heartache littles
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
fall school boys
In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.
fiction greatest-love behinds
Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind.
yoga reading giving
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.
girl thinking feminism
For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don't talk or care about feminism anymore, that it's totally over. But it's not.
mistake parent way
We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a way to love us anyway.
inspirational marriage men
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
fiction finding hardest hoping means moments mostly rolls stolen time weekend
The hardest part about writing fiction is finding long stretches of time to do it: for me, this means writing mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. But I am always thinking about my characters, jotting down ideas in stolen moments and hoping I'll be able to make sense of them when the weekend rolls around.
book gives glimpse impression mostly night stand true
A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.