When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the way they lived, the way they dressed. Maybe there is a part of me that is reserved, even in rebellion. Susan Minot Read Quote
Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder and a little longer. And you end up with a memento. Susan Minot Read Quote
Writing chases after the senses, and conveys them in an altered form. When it is done well, the senses come alive in a new and captured form. Susan Minot Read Quote
Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams. Susan Minot Read Quote
People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need for lightness or even entertainment. Susan Minot Read Quote
So many bad things happen in this world because people don’t know how to express things. Susan Minot Read Quote
I love ‘Anna Karenina.’ It’s in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the trivial, that is, the small details which make up life. Susan Minot Read Quote
In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of ‘Evening’ gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book. Susan Minot Read Quote
