Kristan Higgins

“You know what I loved about 'Sideways'? Well, the wine, of course. But it was one of the few movies in which being a writer was realistically depicted. I loved how the Paul Giamatti character tries so ineptly to talk about his book.”

“I took piano lessons as a kid, and my daughter's played piano since before she started kindergarten, so classical piano is something I really love.”

“An entire empire built on teenage angst, yes? Thank you, John Hughes!”

“Not everyone has to be in a relationship to feel good about themselves. Some people are better off on their own.”

“I think it's always interesting to learn what the seemingly spontaneous one-nighter actually reveals about a character.”

“After about the age of 13, I was a romance addict. Still am, though I read just about every other genre as well. The only thing I really shy away from is political thrillers.”

“If only…the saddest words in the English language.”

“A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.”

“Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I think that's how I tap into it.”

“I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.”

“Honestly, my entire childhood could be summed up with one word: Reader. I was always hunched over a book; in fact, I was the only kid in the world who got paler in the summer, because I'd sneak down into our cool, dank cellar and sit alone with a book for hours.”

“In most marriages, lust and love become tempered by normalcy. If you hear your husband farting in the bathroom seconds before he emerges and asks if you want to fool around, you generally don’t want to fool around. You might, after a few minutes, but you have to forgive your husband for… well, for being human. For eating a bean burrito. After all, you ate the bean burrito, too.”

“Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.”

“I don't get it, guys, I continued. I'd want to date me. Why is it so hard for me? I'm wicked fun, I dress nicely, I'm friendly... I'd love to date me. Wouldn't you?”

“Sometimes, I'll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment.”

“There's something so satisfying about road trip movies - and books!”

“I guess my ambition is simply to keep doing what I'm doing for as long as I can.”

“You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go.”

“I do think people should be proud and supportive of their friends, in publishing and everywhere else.”

“I don't want to lose you, I love you, and…and that's all I've got.”As speeches went, it wasn't great. As feelings went…different story.”