Kim Edwards Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I had a great life even before 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' took off. I really enjoy teaching.”

“I like clothes that are elegant and comfortable.”

“I like to think I've grown as a writer and taken some risks, but I still consider myself to be a literary writer.”

“'Middlesex' by Jeffrey Eugenides left me both moved and, at times, laughing out loud in delight.”

“There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter,' even in hardcover.”

“Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.”

“We all have secrets. We've all kept secrets. We've had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels.”

“You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.'”

“I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s.”

“I hadn't really thought about this until 'The Lake of Dreams,' but I've set all my stories in places that are familiar to me. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters.”