It’s amazing how little you can see people but still stay in regular contact. Miranda July Read Quote
I have a big brother who would make dolls’ houses and playhouses and furniture out of wood. He was the one who taught me from such a young age that you could just make something. The physical act of gluing something together was really formative for me. Miranda July Read Quote
I have female friends who work in all different mediums who I speak to at least once a week. It helps me so much to know that I’m not alone. I think that’s the bare minimum you need to sustain yourself – some sort of context of other women making things. Miranda July Read Quote
I just happen to be from the generation that, like a lot of my older friends, started out writing letters. Miranda July Read Quote
I eat an egg every morning, and when I’m done, I almost always have the thought: ‘There. Now even if I’m captured and starved, I’ll be able to live off the protein of that egg for a while.’ Miranda July Read Quote
My earliest memory is aged three, seeing sunlight on water and feeling it was really magical. Miranda July Read Quote
When I write, I wear earplugs. I don’t want to be self-conscious. I don’t want to be thinking about the fact that I’m thinking about it. I just want to be in it. It’s one element of hypnosis. Miranda July Read Quote
An erratum is a correction inserted into a book after publication. It’s a nice thing to collect because you can’t go after them, you just come upon them. In 25 years I’ve only found about 12. Miranda July Read Quote
I actually don’t have a great surplus of ideas. Some evolve very slowly, over many years, but I sort of trust that all of the interesting ones will become something that I eventually end up doing. Miranda July Read Quote
