Writing an adaptation is not so much a collaboration as it is a series of steps. You’re basically creating a blueprint for something else. Susan Minot Read Quote
Preserving that privacy between a writer and the work is important. You have to shut out all those voices that have reacted to your work. Susan Minot Read Quote
Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. ‘Brevetist’ is a better term. I’m trying to be as concise as possible and still getting across to the reader. When information is delivered in that way, it is very satisfying to me. Susan Minot Read Quote
Monkeys’ is made up of nine short stories that tell an overall story. ‘Folly’ is a series of vignettes all put together to tell a larger story. In ‘Lust and Other Stories,’ there are nine stories – three, three, three; the beginnings of love, the middles, and the afters. Susan Minot Read Quote
I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, ‘I’m going to bring in a chapter of my novel.’ The thought that someone could think they’d write a whole long thing… I could only see twelve pages ahead. But then I realized that if you could see twelve more after that, you can start. Susan Minot Read Quote
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll go back for my writing.’ Susan Minot Read Quote
When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when folded up. I bought my first one in the 1980s. It was handy to bring on trips, and I packed it into a leather pouch along with a couple of brushes, a pencil, an eraser and paper. Susan Minot Read Quote
When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten. Susan Minot Read Quote
I don’t consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones. Susan Minot Read Quote
