To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone. – Donna Tartt
The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that theyre learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences. – Donna Tartt
I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for. – Donna Tartt
Everything takes me longer than I expect. Its the sad truth about life. – Donna Tartt
Ive always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing Im most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. Its why we seek the limelight – so were not alone, were adored. Were loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life. – Jennifer Lopez