I love giving people advice on what to do with their books, but I don't really know how a Kindle Single gets… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
The truth is, I wrote a novel when I was 23. It's hideously bad. Truly rotten. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Working on an essay versus a novel is like the difference between seeing to that curtain and seeing to New Jersey. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“How above-the-law children's books are. Hansel and Gretel (littering, breaking and entering), Rumpelstiltskin (forced labor), Snow White (conspiracy to commit murder), Rapunzel… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“The only bit I have pictured in any detail is the music (maybe 'The Book of Love' by the Magnetic Fields. Or… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“At this point I feel I would be remiss to not mention the prevalence of a specific kind of person who enters… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Names I am most commonly called by telemarketers: Simone, Slain, Siobhan, Flo, Stacey, Susan, Slater, Leanne, and Slow (Yes, my parents named me "Slow".… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
“I’m not sure how the ponies happened, though I have an inkling: “Can I get you anything?” I’ll say, getting up from a dinner… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
“If I could just get my partner to see me how she used to - to fall in love with me all over again… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
I wouldn't want to live in Berlin. It's bombed out and there's a lot of techno. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled,… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
“Shortly after this exchange my roommate suggested we start throwing water balloons at the construction workers. Not really at them because, I know, I… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
When it seems impossible that a deep connection with another person could just go away instead of changing form. It seems impossible that you… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
Because I am a horrible flincher, contact lenses are not an option. I'm always envious of contact-wearers. There are endless reasons to take off… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
“How can we not still be rooting for the younger versions of ourselves as if they actually exist, playing catch-up in time? Who wouldn’t… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
There is no such thing as a crazy dog person in New York. Are there people who are completely insane about their dogs? Hordes.… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
As most doctors will tell you, cleansing is ridiculous. You know what's been around longer than that state-of-the-art juicer? Your kidneys. And your liver.… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share
