I don’t think it’s possible to separate out the strands of a writer’s history, circumstances, life events, and that writer’s themes. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I’m feeling. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking – the result of a car crash – and I never got to say goodbye. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there’s so much freedom in getting to know what’s under there, the bedrock. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in which the mind can remain single-pointed, empty. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers – the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue – bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder. Dani Shapiro Read Quote
