Susan Isaacs

Being a novelist is the adult version of a kid creating a make-believe world. But unlike a child, a writer of fiction has to come up with a structured story, one that has as much meaning for others as it has for her.

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We joined a Conservative synagogue. I began learning through engagement, rote and reading. Suddenly, I belonged... well, to the extent that a novelist can ever feel she is part of a group; we may be part of a minyan, but we're not fully merged into the community.

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I was always the weirdo who wanted to have an egalitarian service in synagogue and felt I was always going against the grain.

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Just as you can accept Miss Marple going to tea with the vicar, there's no reason why Long Island can't have a universality to it.

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I must have been yearning for some Jewish content beyond my genetic makeup because soon after my 21st birthday, I noticed I was no longer dating WASPs.

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Quotes by Susan Isaacs